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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 |
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>. |