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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region South Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
2473
4045
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
368
2473
4045
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
349
2428
3972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
255
2054
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
6
7
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Cambridgeshire
6 Families width 8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies2SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Cambridgeshire
7 Genera with 8 Species
Boreus Latreille, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopsylla Hopkins & Ro..., 19651SpeciesTaxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1803Human Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsylla Rothschild, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Spilopsyllus Baker, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Cambridgeshire
8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Boreus hyemalis Linnaeus, 1767Snow Flea
Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) garei Rothschild, 1902A bird flea
Palaeopsylla soricis scobina Smit & Rosicky, 1965
Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionfly
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Pulex sciurorum Schrank, 1803
Pygiopsylla hoplia Jordan & Rot..., 1922Southern kiore flea
Spilopsyllus cuniculi Dale, 1878European rabbit flea

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

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
4
5
5
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