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Palaeodictyoptera - extinct
Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata ( dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea (rock crawlers) Dermaptera (earwigs) PlecopteraPlecoptera are an order of insects, commonly known as stoneflies . There are some 2,000 species worldwide. These are aquatic insects whose nymphs (immatures) live in streams (running waters) while the adults live in the air. External links insects. (stoneflies) OrthopteraOrder: Orthoptera Suborder: Caelifera Acrididae Charilaidae Dericorythidae Eumastacidae Euschmidtiidae Lathiceridae Lentulidae Lithidiidae Ommexechidae Pamphagidae Pneumoridae Pyrgacrididae Pyrgomorphidae Romaleidae Tanaoceridae Tetrigidae Thericleidae Tr ( grasshoppers, crickettree cricket sitting on a leaf. Crickets are insects related to grasshoppers and katydids (order Orthoptera). They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. Crickets are known for the loud chirping noises they make by rubbing their corrugated wings, katydidsee text Katydid is the common name of insects belonging to the grasshopper family Tettigoniidae which contains over 6,800 species. Also known as "long horned grasshoppers" and "bush crickets", the term "katydid" is used mainly in the U. Canada, and Austrs) PhasmatodeaThe Phasmatodea are a group of insects. The phasmids include the stick insects, the ghost insects and the leaf insects. In old classifications they are considered a suborder of Orthoptera. The name is derived from the Greek "phasm" meaning an apparition, (walking sticks, timemas) Embioptera (webspinners) MantophasmatodeaMantophasma Raptophasma Mantophasmatodea is an order of carnivorous insects discovered in 2002, the first new insect order to be described since 1914. The common name for this order is Gladiators although they are also called Mantophasmids Mantos and Heel (gladiators) Superorder Hemipterodea Psocoptera (booklice, barklice) Phthiraptera ( lice) Hemiptera (true bugs) Thysanoptera (thrips) Superorder Endopterygota Miomoptera - extinct Megaloptera ( alderflies, etc.) Raphidioptera (snakeflies) Neuroptera (net-veined insects) Coleoptera (beetles) Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasites) Mecoptera (scorpionflies, etc.) Siphonaptera ( fleas) Protodiptera extinct Diptera (true flies) Trichoptera ( caddisflies ) Lepidoptera ( butterflies, moths) Hymenoptera ( ants, bees, wasps, etc.) |
The living insect within the pterygotan group include almost all insects. The hexapod orders not included are the Microcoryphia (jumping bristletails) and the Thysanura ( silverfishes and firebrat s), and two primitively wingless insect orders. Also not included are the three orders that are no longer considered to be insects: Protura, Collembola, and Diplura.