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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
7
14
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sri Lanka
7 Families width 21 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies2SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas7SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19392SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sri Lanka
14 Genera with 21 Species
Araeopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19061SpeciesTaxom
Bittacus Latreille, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1936Cat and Dog Fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllus Westwood, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Lentistivalius Traub, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Macrostylophora Ewing, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsylla Becker-Migdi..., 19461SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Orthopsylloides Holland, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxopsyllus Miyajima & K..., 19861SpeciesTaxom
Pulex Linnaeus, 1758Human Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Stivalius Jordan & Rot..., 19223SpeciesTaxom
Thaumapsylla Hastriter, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19032SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
21 Species and 4 Subspecies
Araeopsylla gestroi Rothschild, 1906
Bittacus henryi Kimmins, 1928
Bittacus insularis Esben-Petersen, 1915
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Ctenocephalides orientis Jordan, 1925
Ctenocephalides paradoxuri Wagner, 1936
Ischnopsyllus indicus Jordan, 1931
Lentistivalius (Lentistivalius) ferinus Rothschild, 1908
Macrostylophora phillipsi Jordan, 1925
Mesopsylla tuschkan mesa Argyropulo, 1946
Nosopsyllus ceylonensis Smit, 1953
Nosopsyllus tamilanus Jordan & Rot..., 1921
Orthopsylloides abacetus abacetus Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Paradoxopsyllus stenotus Liu Chiying,..., 1986
Pulex (Pulex) irritans Linnaeus, 1758Human Flea
Stivalius aporus Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Stivalius aporus aporus Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Stivalius phoberus Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Thaumapsylla breviceps Rothschild, 1907
Thaumapsylla breviceps orientalis Smit, 1954
Xenopsylla astia Rothschild, 1911
Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild, 1903Indian rat flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
6
13
19
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