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CLASSIFICATION OF INSECT ORDERS

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Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta – Insects ---------------------- Thysanura -- Bristletails Ephemeroptera -- Mayflies Odonata -- Dragonflies, Damselflies Orthoptera -- Locusts, Grasshoppers, Crickets, Cockroaches, Walking sticks, Mantids Dermaptera -- Earwigs Isoptera -- Termites, White ants Embioptera -- Webspinners Plecoptera -- Stone flies Zoraptera -- Zorapterans Psocoptera -- Psocids Mallophaga -- Chewing lice Phthiraptera (= Anoplura) -- Sucking lice Thysanoptera -- Thrips

Hemiptera -- Plant bugs, Stink bugs, Chinch bugs, Ambush bugs, Water striders, Toad bugs Homoptera -- Cicadas, Psyllids, Aphids, Scale insects Neuroptera -- Alderflies, Snakeflies, Lacewings, Antlions Coleoptera -- Beetles Strepsiptera -- Twisted-winged parasites Mecoptera -- Scorpion flies Trichoptera -- Caddis flies Lepidoptera -- Butterflies, Moths Diptera -- Flies Siphonaptera -- Fleas Hymenoptera -- Bees, Wasps, Ants Superfamilies, Families & Subfamilies Sample Examinations

Details of Insect Taxonomic Groups

Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been assembled. Therefore, the principal groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the entire class Insecta. These details are available at <taxnames.htm>.