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Scorpionflies

Mecoptera

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Mecoptera
Order recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Mecoptera
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Mecoptera
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Alternative Names

Agetochoristella Riek 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Amathusia Rafinesque 1815
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ateleptera Dalman 1823
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Callopanorpa Handlirsch 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Campodotecnum Enderlein 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ctenostematopteryx Haupt 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Diplostigma Navás 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dobbertinia Handlirsch 1920
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Electrobittacus Carpenter 1931
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Electropanorpa Carpenter 1931
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Estenalla Navás 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Haplodictyus Navás 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Himanturella Enderlein 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Idelopanorpa Zalessky 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Jurachorista Soszyńska-Maj, Krzemiński, Kopeć & Coram 2016
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kaltana Martynova 1958
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Klugius Navás 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptobittacus Hine 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Limfjordia Willmann 1977
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mecoptera
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Brazil, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, GBIF nat'l node type records Netherlands, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Alaskan Arthropods, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Metaxybittacus Bode 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neoageta Riek 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Orthophlebiites Handlirsch 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Orthophlebioides Handlirsch 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parabelmontia Tillyard 1922
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parapanorpa Zalessky 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Permochorista Tillyard 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Petrochoristella Willmann 1989
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Phryganidium Geinitz 1884
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polydicrobittacus Bode 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Prochoroptera Handlirsch 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protomerope Tillyard 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Synorthophlebia Handlirsch 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
scorpion flies
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
scorpionflies preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Afrikaans

Skerpioenvlieë preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Arabic

طويلات الأجنحة preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Armenian

Կարիճաճանճեր preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Əqrəbşəkilli milçəklər preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Скарпіёнавая муха preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Скарпіёнавы мухі
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Bulgarian

скорпионници preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Скорпионици preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Catalan; Valencian

Mecòpter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Mecòpters preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Chinese

長翅目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
长翅目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
長翅目 (蠍蛉類） preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Croatian

kljunarice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

srpice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Skorpionsfluer preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Dutch; Flemish

Schorpioenvliegen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Schorpioenvliegachtigen preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Estonian

Koonulised preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Finnish

kärsäkorennot preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

French

Mécoptères preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Galician

Mecópteros preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

ბუზმორიელები preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Schnabelfliegen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Μηκόπτερα preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Hebrew

זנב־עקרבאים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
זנב-עקרבאים preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Hungarian

csőrösrovarok preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Indonesian

Lalat Kalajengking preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Irish

cuil scairpe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Mecotteri preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Japanese

シリアゲムシ目 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
長翅目
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Kazakh

Құршаян шыбын preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

밑들이목 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Latvian

Knābjgalvju kārta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Skorpionmusės preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Malayalam

തേൾ ഈച്ചകൾ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Marathi

मेकोप्टेरा preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Tséʼédǫ́ʼii bitsiinézí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Skorpioonfleegen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Skorpionfluger preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
nebbfluer preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

منقارسران preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Wojsiłki preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Portuguese

Moscas‑escorpião e moscas‑baloiço preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Russian

Скорпионницы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Serbian

Муве-шкорпије preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Srpice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
srpice preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Spanish; Castilian

Kljunavci preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Mecópteros preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Moscas escorpión y parientes
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Swahili

Mdudu Mabawa-marefu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Näbbsländor preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Скорпіонові мухи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Bộ Cánh dài preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wu

长翅目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

طويلات الاجنحه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sr Ec

Муве-шкорпије preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sr El

Muve-škorpije preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

长翅目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Zh Hans

长翅目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

長翅目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

長翅目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

長翅目 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Mecoptera

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Mecoptera (this page)
Apteropanorpidae
Bittacidae
Boreidae
Choristidae
Eomeropidae
Meropeidae
Nannochoristidae
Panorpidae
Panorpodidae
Amphiesmenoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Neuropterida
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mecoptera (this page)
Apteropanorpidae
Bittacidae
Boreidae
Choristidae Esben-Petersen 1915
Eomeropidae
Meropeidae
Nannochoristidae
Panorpidae
Panorpodidae
Archaeognatha
Blattodea Latreille 1810
Caloneurodea
Cnemidolestodea
Coleoptera
Dermaptera de Geer 1773
Diaphanopterodea
Diptera
Embioptera Lameere 1900
Eoblattida
Ephemeroptera
Glosselytrodea
Grylloblattodea Handlirsch 1906
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Hypoperlida
Lepidoptera
Mantodea Fischer 1853
Mantophasmatodea Klass, Zompro, Kristensen & Adis 2002
Megaloptera
Meganisoptera
Megasecoptera
Miomoptera
Necrotauliidae
Neuroptera
Odonata Fabricius 1793
Orthoptera Latreille 1810
Palaeodictyoptera
Paoliida
Phasmida Leach 1815
Plecoptera Burmeister 1839
Protocoleoptera
Protorthoptera
Psocodea Novak 1890
Rafaelidae
Raphidioptera
Reculoidea
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera
Thysanoptera Haliday 1836
Titanoptera
Trichoptera
Zoraptera Silvestri 1913
Zygentoma

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Mecoptera (this page)
Apteropanorpidae
Bittacidae
Boreidae
Choristidae
Eomeropidae
Meropeidae
Nannochoristidae
Panorpidae
Panorpodidae
Amphiesmenoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Neuropterida
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Mecoptera (this page)
Apteropanorpidae
Bittacidae
Boreidae
Choristidae
Eomeropidae
Meropeidae
Nannochoristidae
Panorpidae
Panorpodidae
Amphiesmenoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Neuropterida
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mecoptera (this page)
Agetopanorpidae
Aneuretopsychidae
Anormochoristidae
Aphryganoneura Tillyard 1926
Apteropanorpidae
Archipanorpa Tillyard 1917
Australochoristidae
Austropanorpidae
Belmontiidae
Bittacidae
Blattomerope Rasnitzyn 1974
Boreidae
Choristidae
Choristopanorpidae
Choristopsychidae
Cimbrophlebiidae
Cretacechorista Hong, Yan & Wang 1989
Cyclopterinidae
Cycloristidae
Dinopanorpidae
Dobbertiniidae
Drakonochoristidae
Englathaumatidae
Eobanksiidae
Eomeropidae
Eorpidae
Holcorpidae
Kaltanidae
Kamopanorpa Martynov 1928
Karaungiridae
Laurentipteridae
Liassopanorpa Martuinov 1937
Liassophilidae
Lithopanorpidae
Macropteryx Hong 1976
Martynopanorpidae
Mecaenigma Novokshonov & Sukacheva 2001
Mendozachoristidae
Meropeidae
Mesopanorpodidae
Mesopsychidae
Mesorthophlebiidae
Muchoriidae
Nannochoristidae
Nedubroviidae
Neoparachoristidae
Neorthophlebiidae
Notiothaumidae
Orthophlebidae
Orthophlebiidae
Panorpidae
Panorpodidae
Parachoristidae
Permocentropidae
Permochoristidae
Permomeropidae
Permopanorpidae
Permotanyderidae
Permotipulidae
Petrochoristidae
Pronotiothauma Willmann 1978
Protomeropidae
Protopanorpidae
Pseudopolycentropidae
Pseudopolycentropodidae
Reprehensa Bode 1953
Robinjohniidae
Sibiriothaumatidae
Solusipanorpa Linnaeus 1980
Stereochorista Tillyard 1919
Strashila Rasnitsyn 1992
Thaumatomerope Rasnitzyn 1974
Tomiochoristidae
Triassochoristidae
Trichorthophlebia Handlirsch 1939
Tshekarchiereus Novokshonov 1997
Tychtopsychidae
Volitorididae
Worcestobiidae
Xenochoristidae
Abrocomophagidae
Acronirmus Kéler 1939
Aerophasmatidae
Aerophasmidae
Aeroplanidae
Aetophlebiopsis Zalesskii 1955
Anthracocorides Fritsch 1905
Archaeognatha
Archicarabides Fritsch 1901
Archipseudophasmatidae
Archipsyllidae
Arrhinotermes Wasmann 1902
Atelopteron Bode 1953
Bacteriidae
Bifurculapes Hitchcock 1858
Celliforma Brown 1934
Cercopyllis Scudder 1890
Chresmodidae
Cochliophylax Schmid 1993
Coleoptera
Conopsoides Hitchcock 1858
Cretophasmatidae
Cricolia Bode 1953
Dermaptera
Dictyocicada Brongniart 1885
Dolabellapsocidae
Embioptera
Ephemeroptera
Erasipteridae
Eugeropteridae
Frenguelliphlebia Martins-Neto & Gallego 2003
Graeophonus carbonarius Scudder
Grammepus Hitchcock 1858
Griphologus Handlirsch 1906
Grylloblattodea
Haemotopinidae
Havilanditermes Light 1930
Heptapsogasteridae
Hymenoptera
Insectichnus Ellenberger 1970
Kounicia Fritsch 1900
Leenurina Najt & Weiner 1992
Lithographus Hitchcock 1858
Lonchodidae
Lophioneuridae
Mantophasmatodea
Martynopsocidae
Megaloptera
Mickoleitiidae
Microcarrizo Rasnitsyn 2004
Microptysmatidae
Mogsonus Vishnyakova 1981
Necrophasmatidae
Necrosciidae
Neuroptera
Orthoptera
Pachymorphidae
Palaeotermes Woodward 1892
Palophidae
Paracridites Handlirsch 1906
Parempheria Enderlein 1906
Permelytridae
Permichnium Guthörl 1934
Permopsocidae
Phasmida
Phthanocoris Scudder 1883
Phthiridae
Planelytridae
Planocephalus Scudder 1885
Plecoptera
Prionoglaridae
Prochresmodidae
Protelytridae
Pseudoacridites Handlirsch 1906
Pseudochauliodites Handlirsch 1906
Pseudotermes Handlirsch 1906
Psocodea
Psoquilidae
Pterichnus Hitchcock 1865
Rambouskia Fritsch 1905
Raphidioptera
Rhyncothura Carriker 1936
Seirolarva Linnaeus 1980
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera
Surijokopsocidae
Thyrsophoridae
Thysanoptera
Tomeferusa Bode 1953
Triadochorista Geyer & Kelber 1987
Triadotypidae
Triassologus Riek 1976
Trichoptera
Trimerocephalium Bode 1953
Troglobius Palacios-Vargas & Wilson 1991
Tshekardaenigma Rasnitsyn 1996
Xiphopteridae
Zoraptera
Zygentoma
Zygopsocidae
184 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Life
Animalia
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Mecoptera (this page)
Apteropanorpidae
Bittacidae
Boreidae
Choristidae
Eomeropidae
Meropeidae
Nannomecoptera
Panorpidae
Panorpodidae
Blattodea
Coleoptera
Dermaptera
Diptera
Embioptera
Ephemeroptera
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
Mantodea
Megaloptera
Neuroptera
Notoptera
Odonata
Orthoptera
Phasmida
Plecoptera
Psocodea
Raphidioptera
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera
Thysanoptera
Trichoptera
Zoraptera

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Mecoptera (this page)
Apteropanorpidae
Bittacidae
Boreidae
Choristidae Esben-Petersen 1915
Eomeropidae
Meropeidae
Nannochoristidae
Panorpidae
Panorpodidae
Coleoptera Linnaeus 1758
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera Kirby 1813
Trichoptera

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Neoptera
Holometabola
Mecoptera (this page)
Apteropanorpidae
Bittacidae
Boreidae
Choristidae
Eomeropidae
Meropeidae
Nannochoristidae
Panorpidae
Panorpodidae
unclassified Mecoptera
Amphiesmenoptera
Coleoptera
Diptera
Hymenoptera
Neuropterida
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera
unclassified Endopterygota
unclassified Holometabola

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Mecoptera (this page)
Aneuretopsychidae
Apteropanorpidae
Bittacidae
Boreidae
Choristidae
Choristopsychidae
Eomeropidae
Eumecoptera
Holcorpidae
Mendozachoristidae
Meropeidae
Mesopanorpodidae
Mesopsychidae
Nannochoristidae
Panorpidae
Panorpodidae
Parachoristidae
Permochoristidae
Permopanorpidae
Protomeropidae
Pseudonannochoristidae
Pseudopolycentropodidae
Raptipeda
Acercaria
Choristosialidae
Dictyoptera
Embioptera
Eumetabola
Exopterygota
Grylloblattodea
Holometabola
Hypoperlida
Mantophasmatodea
Orthopteroida
Paoliida
Phasmatodea
Plecoptera
Polyneoptera
Psocoptera
Siphonaptera
Strepsiptera
Thysanoptera
Titanoptera
Zoraptera
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