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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Orkney Islands (Northern Isles, United Kingdom)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		154
520
829		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		153
519
828		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		143
499
804		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		107
400
677		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies		1
2
2		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Orkney Islands
1 Family width 2 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Orkney Islands
2 Genera with 2 Species
Amalaraeus Ioff, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 18031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Orkney Islands
2 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amalaraeus penicilliger mustelae Dale, 1878A mammal flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803A bird flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Orkney Islands
SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas		1
2
2		Family
Genera
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