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Mecoptera (scorpionflies, hangingflies and fleas)
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa
> Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum:
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Antliophora
Recent research has shown that fleas are in fact mecopterans
that have evolved to become parasites of mammals. The sister group of fleas is
the mecopteran family Boreidae (snow fleas), which is not encountered in Africa.
Taxa encountered in southern Africa
Publications
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