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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Uganda (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
417
5208
15556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
395
5093
15214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
266
4282
13815
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
10
19
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Uganda
10 Families width 39 Species and 13 Subspecies
Stivaliidae Mardon, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas9SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies4SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsyllidae Ewing & Fox, 19432SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19157SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas7SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Xiphiopsyllidae Wagner, 19391SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Uganda
19 Genera with 39 Species
Afristivalius Traub, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Aphropsylla Jordan, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Bittacus Latreille, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Chimaeropsylla Rothschild, 19432SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1925Cat and Dog Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 193618SpeciesTaxom
Dinopsyllus Jordan & Rot..., 19376SpeciesTaxom
Echidnophaga Olliff, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Hypsophthalmus Jordan & Rot..., 19131SpeciesTaxom
Lagaropsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19572SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19082SpeciesTaxom
Libyastus Jordan, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Listropsylla Rothschild, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Moeopsylla Rothschild, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Synosternus Jordan, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Tunga Jarocki, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Xiphiopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19601SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Uganda
39 Species and 13 Subspecies
Afristivalius sellatus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Afristivalius torvus Rothschild, 1908
Aphropsylla wollastoni Rothschild, 1908
Bittacus erythrostigma Byers, 1975
Bittacus montanus Weele, 1910
Bittacus pobeguini Navas, 1908
Bittacus weelei Esben-Petersen, 1913
Chimaeropsylla potis Rothschild, 1911
Chimaeropsylla potis stuhlmanni Jordan, 1943
Ctenocephalides crataepus Jordan, 1925
Ctenophthalmus (Ethioctenophthalmus) bacopus Jordan, 1933
Ctenophthalmus (Ethioctenophthalmus) calceatus Waterston, 1912
Ctenophthalmus calceatus cabirus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Ctenophthalmus calceatus calceatus Waterston, 1912
Ctenophthalmus calceatus tholatus Traub, 1963
Ctenophthalmus (Ethioctenophthalmus) cophurus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Ctenophthalmus cophurus cophurus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Ctenophthalmus cophurus grzimeki Hubbard, 1964
Ctenophthalmus cophurus hemingwayi Hubbard, 1963
Ctenophthalmus cophurus schmiederi Hubbard, 1966
Ctenophthalmus (Ethioctenophthalmus) eumeces Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Ctenophthalmus (Ethioctenophthalmus) evidens Jordan, 1929
Ctenophthalmus evidens elgonensis Jordan, 1938
Ctenophthalmus evidens evidens Jordan, 1929
Ctenophthalmus evidens modicus Jordan, 1933
Ctenophthalmus evidens wilkesi Hubbard, 1963
Ctenophthalmus (Ethioctenophthalmus) eximius Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Ctenophthalmus singularis Jordan, 1936
Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) apistus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) echinus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) longifrons Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Dinopsyllus (Dinopsyllus) lypusus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Dinopsyllus hirsutus Rothschild, 1908
Dinopsyllus semnus Jordan, 1937
Echidnophaga larina Jordan & Rot..., 1906
Hypsophthalmus campestris Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Lagaropsylla consularis Smit, 1957
Lagaropsylla idae Smit, 1957
Leptopsylla (Leptopsylla) aethiopica Rothschild, 1908
Leptopsylla aethiopica aethiopica Rothschild, 1908
Libyastus hopkinsi Jordan, 1943
Libyastus infestus Rothschild, 1908
Libyastus piger Jordan, 1925
Listropsylla dolosa Rothschild, 1907
Moeopsylla sjoestedti Rothschild, 1908
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) incisus Jordan & Rot..., 1913
Synosternus somolicus Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Tunga (Tunga) penetrans Linnaeus, 1758Chigoe
Xenopsylla bantorum Jordan, 1938
Xenopsylla nubica Rothschild, 1903
Xenopsylla versuta Jordan, 1925
Xiphiopsylla levis Smit, 1960

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Uganda
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
1
4
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
9
18
35
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