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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Upper Eocene (Eocene)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
502
2714
5515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
499
2709
5489
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
471
2646
5393
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
2090
4419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
5
8
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Upper Eocene
5 Families width 23 Species
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies6SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies8SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19154SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Upper Eocene
8 Genera with 23 Species
Baltipanorpa Krzemiński ..., 20121SpeciesTaxom
Bittacus Latreille, 19214SpeciesTaxom
Eomerope Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Holcorpa Scudder, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Hylobittacus Byers, 20074SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopsylla Hopkins & Ro..., 19114SpeciesTaxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 18904SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodes MacLachlan, 20134SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Upper Eocene
23 Species
Baltipanorpa damzeni W. Krzemi..., 2012
Bittacus biamensis V. G. Novoks..., 1993
Bittacus succinus F. M. Carpenter, 1954
Bittacus validus Hagen, 1856
Bittacus veternus T. D. A. Coc..., 1921
Eomerope tortriciformis T. D. A. Coc..., 1909
Holcorpa maculosa Scudder, 1878
Hylobittacus antiquus F. J. Pictet, 1856
Hylobittacus fossilis F. M. Carpenter, 1954
Hylobittacus minimus F. M. Carpenter, 1954
Hylobittacus picteti W. Krzemi..., 2007
Palaeopsylla (Peusianapsylla) baltica Beaucournu &..., 2001
Palaeopsylla dissimilis F. Peus, 1968
Palaeopsylla groehni Beaucournu, 2003
Palaeopsylla klebsiana A. Dampf, 1911
Panorpa arctiiformis T. D. A. Coc..., 1907
Panorpa mortua F. M. Carpenter, 1954
Panorpa obsoleta F. M. Carpenter, 1954
Panorpa rigida S. H. Scudder, 1890
Panorpodes brevicauda H. Hagen, 1856
Panorpodes gedanensis Soszynska-Ma..., 2015
Panorpodes hageni F. M. Carpenter, 1954
Panorpodes weitschati A. Soszynska..., 2013

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Upper Eocene
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
4
7
19
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
1
1
4
Family
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