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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Oceania (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
994
29345
172480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
990
29308
172389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
930
28885
170923
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
567
22062
142256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
31
118
332
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Oceania
31 Families width 332 Species and 33 Subspecies
#ABCHILMNOPRSX
Apteropanorpidae Byers, 19654SpeciesTaxom
Archipanorpidae Tillyard, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Australochoristidae Krzemi?ski, ..., 20151SpeciesTaxom
Belmontiidae Tillyard, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies26SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas12SpeciesTaxom
Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 191510SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19154SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas10SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Macropsyllidae Oudemans, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies2SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 191716SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 191710SpeciesTaxom
Orthophlebiidae Handlirsch, 190610SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies34SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies2SpeciesTaxom
Parachoristidae Tillyard, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 191813SpeciesTaxom
Permopanorpidae Tillyard, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Permotanyderidae Riek, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Permotipulidae Tillyard, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas22SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 193954SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas16SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 19288SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 197853SpeciesTaxom
Xenochoristidae (Riek, 1953)1SpeciesTaxom
Xiphiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Oceania
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
1
7
16
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
3
10
16
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
1
5
10
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
7
22
85
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderProtodiptera
Tillyard, 1937
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderProtomecoptera
Tillyard, 1917
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
12
64
191
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyApteropanorpidae
Byers, 1965
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyBelmontiidae
Tillyard, 1919
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyXenochoristidae
Riek, 1953
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