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Mecoptera 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 114994

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): scorpion flies [English]
  
    hangingflies [English]
  
    scorpionflies [English]
  
    snowflies [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderMecoptera  – scorpion flies, hangingflies, scorpionflies, snowflies  
    Direct Children:  
                                  FamilyApteropanorpidae   
                                  FamilyBittacidae  – hanging scorpionflies, hangingflies 
                                  FamilyBoreidae  – snow scorpionflies 
                                  FamilyChoristidae Esben-Petersen, 1915  
                                  FamilyEomeropidae   
                                  FamilyMeropeidae  – earwigflies, earwig-flies 
                                  FamilyNannochoristidae   
                                  FamilyPanorpidae  – common scorpionflies 
                                  FamilyPanorpodidae  – short-faced scorpionflies 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Brusca   
  Notes: Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721   
  Reference for: Mecoptera    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mecoptera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xx + 936   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-097-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mecoptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Penny, Norman D., and George W. Byers   
  Publication Date: 1979   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Check-List of the Mecoptera of the World   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Acta Amazonica, vol. 9, no. 2   
  Page(s): 365-388   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0044-5967   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mecoptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Mecoptera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wang, Jishen, and Baozhen Hua   
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated checklist of the Chinese Mecoptera with description of male Panorpa guttata Navás, 1908   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Entomotaxonomia, vol. 39, no. 1   
  Page(s): 24-42   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 2095-8609   
  Notes: doi: 10.11680/entomotax.2017003   
  Reference for: Mecoptera   
       

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