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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
401
3514
6584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
400
3513
6582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3451
6458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
243
2759
5315
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
4
5
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Trinidad and Tobago
4 Families width 8 Species and 4 Subspecies
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies1SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
5 Genera with 8 Species
Bittacus Latreille, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Ectinorus Jordan, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 19227SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchopsyllus Haller, 18801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
8 Species and 4 Subspecies
Bittacus maculosus Byers, 1965
Ectinorus polymerus Jordan, 1942
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915
Polygenis (Gephyropsylla) klagesi Rothschild, 1904
Polygenis klagesi klagesi Rothschild, 1904
Polygenis (Polygenis) peronis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) roberti Rothschild, 1905
Polygenis roberti roberti Rothschild, 1905
Polygenis roberti tripopsis Guimaraes, 1948
Polygenis dunni Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Rhynchopsyllus pulex Haller, 1880

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
3
4
7
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