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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
840
24886
144846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
837
24869
144808
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
776
24445
142884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
457
18795
117333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
14
59
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern South America
14 Families width 201 Species and 54 Subspecies
Anormochoristidae Tillyard, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies40SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas13SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 191514SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas12SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies2SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas22SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19396SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas60SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 192824SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Northern South America
SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
2
8
42
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
9
47
154
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAnormochoristidae
Tillyard, 1926
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