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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
782
15067
62702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
777
15046
62673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
739
14833
62018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
479
12088
52316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
18
91
262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West USA
18 Families width 262 Species and 5 Subspecies
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies11SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas14SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas105SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebiidae Willmann, 1977Hangingfly2SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 191540SpeciesTaxom
Dinopanorpidae Carpenter, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Eorpidae Archibald & al., 20132SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas22SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas3SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas13SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies12SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies4SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas12SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19395SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas4SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas4SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in West USA
SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
3
14
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
8
14
36
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
9
73
211
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