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Checklist of Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
for Venezuela (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
514
6360
16212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
6356
16208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
486
6227
15868
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
306
4996
13412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
8
20
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Venezuela
8 Families width 37 Species and 17 Subspecies
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19155SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies4SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas6SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas6SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas11SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Venezuela
18 Genera with 37 Species
Adoratopsylla Ewing, 06SpeciesTaxom
Bittacus Latreille, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Ctenidiosomus Jordan, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Dasypsyllus Baker, 19295SpeciesTaxom
Hormopsylla Rothschild, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Myodopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19311SpeciesTaxom
Nannobittacus Esben-Petersen, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Neotyphloceras Rothschild, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Pazius Navas, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Plusaetis Smit, 19544SpeciesTaxom
Polygenis Jordan, 192212SpeciesTaxom
Ptilopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19422SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllus Baker, 19234SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchopsyllus Haller, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Rothschildopsylla Guimaraes, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Sternopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19572SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Venezuela
37 Species and 17 Subspecies
Adoratopsylla (Adoratopsylla) antiquorum Rothschild, 1904
Adoratopsylla antiquorum rara Tipton & Mac..., 1972
Adoratopsylla antiquorum recta Tipton & Mac..., 1972
Adoratopsylla (Adoratopsylla) dilecta Jordan, 1938
Adoratopsylla rara
Adoratopsylla recta
Bittacus flavescens Klug, 1838
Bittacus panamensis Byers, 1958Boreal Snaketail
Ctenidiosomus perplexus Tipton & Mac..., 1972
Dasypsyllus (Avesopsylla) lasius Rothschild, 1909
Dasypsyllus lasius venezuelensis I.Fox & Anduze, 1947
Dasypsyllus (Dasypsyllus) gallinulae Dale, 1878A bird flea
Dasypsyllus gallinulae perpinnatus Baker, 1904
Dasypsyllus stejnegeri Jordan, 1929
Hormopsylla cryptica Tipton & Mac..., 1972
Myodopsylla wolffsohni salvasis Jordan, 1931
Nannobittacus tjederi Byers, 1965
Neotyphloceras rosenbergi Rothschild, 1904
Pazius furcatus Byers, 1957
Peromyscopsylla hesperomys adelpha Rothschild, 1915
Plusaetis apollinaris Jordan & Rot..., 1921
Plusaetis dolens Jordan & Rot..., 1914
Plusaetis dolens quitanus Jordan, 1931
Plusaetis smiti Johnson, 1954
Polygenis (Gephyropsylla) klagesi Rothschild, 1904
Polygenis klagesi klagesi Rothschild, 1904
Polygenis klagesi rangeli Smit, 1987
Polygenis klagesi samuelis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis bohlsi bohlsi Wagner, 1901
Polygenis (Polygenis) litargus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) occidentalis Cunha, 1914
Polygenis occidentalis steganus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis (Polygenis) peronis Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Polygenis roberti beebei I.Fox, 1947
Polygenis ambersoni (Traub & Johnson, 1952)⇒ Polygenis dunni Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Polygenis dunni Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Ptilopsylla leptina Jordan & Rot..., 1921
Ptilopsylla leptina dunni Kohls, 1942
Rhopalopsyllus australis Rothschild, 1904
Rhopalopsyllus australis australis Rothschild, 1904
Rhopalopsyllus lugubris lugubris Jordan & Rot..., 1908
Rhopalopsyllus saevus Jordan & Rot..., 1923
Rhynchopsyllus pulex Haller, 1880
Rothschildopsylla noctilionis Costa Lima, 1920
Sternopsylla distincta Rothschild, 1903
Sternopsylla distincta speciosa Johnson, 1957
Xenopsylla brasiliensis Baker, 1904A mammal flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Venezuela
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
7
17
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)
Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)


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