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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
293
1232
1652
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
291
1230
1650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
283
1217
1636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
201
1021
1404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
5
6
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Tasmania
5 Families width 7 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Apteropanorpidae Byers, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Nannochoristidae Tillyard, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Tasmania
6 Genera with 7 Species
Amphipsylla Wagner, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Apteropanorpa Carpenter, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Nannochorista Tillyard, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Porribius Jordan, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsylla Rothschild, 19221SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Tasmania
7 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Apteropanorpa tasmanica Carpenter, 1941Tasmanian snow scorpionfly
Nannochorista holostigma Tillyard, 1917
Nannochorista maculipennis Tillyard, 1917
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus Bosc, 1800European rat flea
Porribius caminae Rothschild, 1903
Pygiopsylla hoplia Jordan & Rot..., 1922Southern kiore flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in South Tasmania
SuborderNannomecoptera
Hinton, 1981
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
3
4
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyApteropanorpidae
Byers, 1965
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