Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Entognatha
Collembola -- springtails
Diplura -- diplurans
Protura
-- proturans or telsontails
Class: Insecta – Insects
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Apteragota,
Ametabola -- (Exotrophic)
Thysanura
-- Bristletails
Pteragota
Hemimetabola
Ephemeroptera
-- Mayflies
Odonata -- Dragonflies, Damselflies
Paurometabola
Orthoptera -- Locusts, Grasshoppers, Crickets,
Cockroaches, Walking sticks,
Mantids
Dermaptera -- Earwigs
Isoptera -- Termites, White ants
Embioptera -- Webspinners
Plecoptera -- Stone flies
Zoraptera -- Zorapterans
Psocoptera
(Corrodentia) --
Psocids
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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
Holometabola
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]
SCIENTIFIC
NAMES
GLOSSARY
(Scientific Terms)
POOLED REFERENCES
Citations Sample Examinations
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