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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region South East Queensland (Queensland, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
429
3393
6487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
428
3392
6487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
3321
6363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
273
2774
5582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
7
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South East Queensland
7 Families width 10 Species and 2 Subspecies
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae (Dampf, 1908)Bird Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies3SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircidae Wagner, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Choristidae Esben-Petersen, 19151SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South East Queensland
8 Genera with 10 Species
Acanthopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19161SpeciesTaxom
Aetheca thamba. Jordan, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Harpobittacus Gerstaecker, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsylla Rothschild, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Stephanocircus Skuse, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Taeniochorista Esben-Petersen, 19141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South East Queensland
10 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acanthopsylla pavida Rothschild, 1916
Aetheca wagneri ophidius (Jordan, 1929)⇒ Aetheca wagneri Baker, 1904
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Harpobittacus albatus Riek, 1954
Harpobittacus scheibeli Esben-Petersen, 1935
Harpobittacus tillyardi Esben-Petersen, 1915
Polygenis axius axius Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Pygiopsylla phiola Smit, 1979Northern kiore flea
Stephanocircus dasyuri Skuse, 1893
Taeniochorista pallida Esben-Petersen, 1914

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in South East Queensland
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
2
2
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
5
6
6
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