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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Saxony (East Germany, Germany)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
369
2835
6410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
2832
6407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
349
2788
6324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
2353
5496
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
6
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Saxony
6 Families width 9 Species
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies1SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies2SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Saxony
7 Genera with 9 Species
Atopopsyllus Poinar, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Bittacus Latreille, 17661SpeciesTaxom
Boreus Latreille, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 19501SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saxony
9 Species
Atopopsyllus cionus Poinar, 2015
Bittacus italicus Müller, 1766
Boreus hyemalis Linnaeus, 1767Snow Flea
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803A bird flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionfly
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Saxony
SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
3
4
4
Families
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