Species list, Checklist of Order Mecoptera (Hanging flies) for Toronto (Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Toronto (Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	315 1946 2617	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	315 1946 2617	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	305 1930 2593	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	227 1647 2257	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies	4 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Toronto
4 Families width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908	Bird Fleas	2	Species	Taxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921	Earwig-flies	1	Species	Taxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758	Common scorpionflies	1	Species	Taxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909	Marsupial fleas	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Toronto
5 Genera with 6 Species

Amphipsylla Wagner, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Merope Newman, 1838	Earwigfly	1	Species	Taxom
Orchopeas Jordan, 1925		1	Species	Taxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 1901		1	Species	Taxom
Polygenis Jordan, 1950		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Toronto
6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Amphipsylla phaiomydis limonia Smit, 1977
Merope tuber Newman, 1838	Earwig scorpionfly
Orchopeas caedens Jordan, 1925
Panorpa claripennis Hine, 1901	California bearpoppy
Polygenis (Polygenis) byturus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis brachinus Jordan, 1950

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Toronto

Suborder	Pistillifera Willmann, 1987	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 Flea, Fleas	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

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