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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region West Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
5529
14269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
532
5515
14254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5423
14103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
4090
11399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
9
14
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Australia
9 Families width 19 Species and 2 Subspecies
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies3SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas1SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 19781SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Australia
14 Genera with 19 Species
Acanthopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19731SpeciesTaxom
Austromerope Killington, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocephalides Stiles & Col..., 1835Cat and Dog Fleas2SpeciesTaxom
Echidnophaga Olliff, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Harpobittacus Gerstaecker, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Lagaropsylla Jordan & Rot..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 18111SpeciesTaxom
Listropsylla Rothschild, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Orthopsylloides Holland, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxopsyllus Miyajima & K..., 19861SpeciesTaxom
Porribius Jordan, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsylla Rothschild, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Xenopsylla Glinkiewicz, 19711SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
19 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acanthopsylla jordani Mardon, 1973
Austromerope poultoni Killington, 1933Scorpionfly
Ctenocephalides canis Curtis, 1826Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis Bouche, 1835Cat Flea
Echidnophaga aranka M.Rothschild, 1936
Echidnophaga gallinacea Westwood, 1875A stick-tight flea
Harpobittacus phaeoscius Riek, 1954
Harpobittacus quasisimilis Lambkin, 1994
Harpobittacus similis Esben-Petersen, 1935
Lagaropsylla mera Jordan & Rot..., 1921
Leptopsylla (Leptopsylla) segnis Schonherr, 1811A House Mouse flea
Listropsylla chelura chelura Rothschild, 1913
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus Bosc, 1800European rat flea
Orthopsylloides abacetus abacetus Jordan & Rot..., 1922
Paradoxopsyllus stenotus Liu Chiying,..., 1986
Porribius bathyllus M.Rothschild, 1936
Porribius caminae Rothschild, 1903
Pygiopsylla hoplia Jordan & Rot..., 1922Southern kiore flea
Xenopsylla australiaca Mardon & Dunnet, 1971

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in West Australia
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
2
2
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
7
12
15
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