The Hangingflies( Mecoptera) of South Africa
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CONTENTS
- Introduction
- Resources
- The Families
- References
The scorpionflies of southern Africa are currently classified into one family, the hangingflies. The list of species is compiled from the catalogue of Afrotropical Mecoptera by Londt (1994). The distributions are taken from Londt (1994), and the periods of adult activity follow Londt (1995).
Information about the Mecoptera can be obtained from
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BIOSIS Internet Resource Guide - Mecoptera
- Gordon Ramel's Scorpionfly Page
- The Mecoptera page of The Tree of Life
- Norman Penny's world checklist of Mecoptera
- Bittacidae
- Byers, G.W. & Thoynhill, R. 1983.
- Biology of the Mecoptera. Annual Review of Entomology 28, pp 203-228.
- Carpenter, F.M. 1931.
- The Biology of the Mecoptera. Psyche 38 pp 41-55.
- Esben-Petersen, P. 1913.
- Notes on African Bittacidae. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 3: 135-145.
- ---------- 1915.
- A synonymic list of the Order Mecoptera. Entomologiske Meddelelser 10: 216-242.
- ---------- 1917.
- Two species of Bittacidae (Neuroptera) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 17: 187-190.
- Kimmins, D.E. 1928.
- Two new Bittacidae (Mecoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 1: 395-396.
- ---------- 1938.
- Some new African Neuroptera and Mecoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11) 1: 289-294.
- Klug, J.C.F. 1838.
- Versuch einer systematischen Feststellung der Insecten. Familie: Panorpatae und Auseinandersetzung ihrer Gattungen und Arten. Abhandl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1836: 81-108.
- Latreille, P. 1805.
- Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliáre, des Crustaces et des Insectes. Paris 1805.
- Londt, J. G. H. 1970.
- A new species of Bittacus from South Africa (Mecoptera: Bittacidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 33 (1): 53-57.
- ---------- 1972.
- The Mecoptera of Southern Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 35 (2): 313-343.
- ---------- 1978.
- A new South African Bittacus Latreille, 1809 and a key to southern African Bittacidae (Mecoptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 41 (2): 189-194.
- ---------- 1993.
- Bittacus bicornis, a morphologically interesting new species from Natal, South Africa (Mecoptera: Bittacidae). Annals of the Natal Museum 34 (1): 153-155.
- ---------- 1994.
- A catalogue of Afrotropical Mecoptera. Annals of the Natal Museum 35: 45-59.
- ---------- 1995.
- An atlas of the Mecoptera of Natal (South Africa). Annals of the Natal Museum 36: 169-187.
- Navás, L. 1931.
- Insectos del Museo de Paris. 7.a Serie. Broteria (Ser. Zool.) 27: 101--113.
- Thunberg, C. P. 1784.
- Dissertatio entomologica novos insectorum species sistens. Pars III. J. Edman, Upsala.
- Tjeder, B. 1956.
- Chapter X. Mecoptera: The Scorpion Flies of Southern Africa. In: Hanström, B. et al. eds. South African Animal Life. Vol. 3. Goteberg: Almqvist and Wiksell pp. 344-390.
- Wood, H. G. 1933.
- Notes on the South African Bittacidae (Mecoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 12: 508-531.
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