MECOPTERA
(scorpion flies)

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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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fraser, Lt-Col F.C. 1959 *** Mecoptera Megaloptera Neuroptera ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, Parts 12 & 13, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MECOPTERA (scorpion flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MECOPTERA (scorpion flies)
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