MECOPTERA
(scorpion flies)

MECOPTERA (scorpion flies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MECOPTERA (scorpion flies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderMECOPTERA (scorpion flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MECOPTERA (scorpion flies)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Fraser, Lt-Col F.C. 1959 *** Mecoptera Megaloptera Neuroptera ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, Parts 12 & 13, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Jepson, J.E. 2023 Lacewings and their Allies
Leleya, A.C. (ed.) 2007 Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera: Part 5 Hymenoptera Key to the insects of Russian Far East, Vol. IV, 1052pp
Plant, C.W. 1997 A Key to the Adults of British Lacewings and their allies AIDGAP, 90pp, Field Studies Council

Regional/Russian Far East

Anon 2007 Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera Key to the insects of Russian Far East, Vol IV, Pt 5, 430pp

MECOPTERA (scorpion flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Plant, C.W. 1994 Provisional atlas of the lacewings and allied insects (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera and Mecoptera) of Britain and Ireland 203pp, Biological Records Centre

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to MECOPTERA (scorpion flies):

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