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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
585
24354
178963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
25
156
778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North America
25 Families width 778 Species and 171 Subspecies
#ABCDEHILMPRSV
Anormochoristidae Tillyard, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies27SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas17SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas273SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebiidae Willmann, 1977Hangingfly4SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915130SpeciesTaxom
Dinopanorpidae Carpenter, 19726SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Eorpidae Archibald & al., 20133SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas65SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas23SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas33SpeciesTaxom
Lithopanorpidae Carpenter, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies86SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies6SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 19184SpeciesTaxom
Permopanorpidae Tillyard, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas50SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19396SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas17SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas8SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in North America
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
2
4
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
3
17
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
8
19
136
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
10
124
612
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAnormochoristidae
Tillyard, 1926
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyLithopanorpidae
Carpenter, 1930
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)
Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)


Links, sources and further information
Mecoptera at artfakta.se
Mecoptera at dyntaxa.se
Mecoptera at gbif.org
Mecoptera at gbif.org
Mecoptera at irmng.org
Mecoptera at itis.gov