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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region Wicken Fen (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
345
2566
5834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
344
2565
5833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
334
2541
5791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
258
2248
5321
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
4
7
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Wicken Fen
4 Families width 10 Species
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas5SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies2SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Wicken Fen
7 Genera with 10 Species
Ceratophyllus Curtis, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmus Kolenati, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Megabothris Jordan, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Nosopsyllus Jordan, 18001SpeciesTaxom
Panorpa Linnaeus, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Peromyscopsylla Fox, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Rhadinopsylla Jordan & Rot..., 18971SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wicken Fen
10 Species
Ceratophyllus (Ceratophyllus) gallinae Schrank, 1803A bird flea
Ceratophyllus (Emmareus) garei Rothschild, 1902A bird flea
Ctenophthalmus (Ctenophthalmus) nobilis Rothschild, 1898A mammal flea
Megabothris (Gebiella) turbidus Rothschild, 1909A Bank Vole/Wood Mouse flea
Megabothris (Megabothris) walkeri Rothschild, 1902A mammal flea
Nosopsyllus (Nosopsyllus) fasciatus Bosc, 1800European rat flea
Panorpa communis Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionfly
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Peromyscopsylla spectabilis Rothschild, 1898A mammal flea
Rhadinopsylla (Actenophthalmus) pentacantha Rothschild, 1897A mammal flea

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in Wicken Fen
SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
3
6
8
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