(dragonfly, Odonata) |
PTERYGOTA
(relations among the orders of winged insects; condensed and modified from Tree of Life) |
(moth, Lepidoptera) |
=== Ephemeroptera (mayflies) ^ (Paleopteran ^ | | orders) | |== Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies) v | <<==| | | ===== Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, ^ | | | katydids,etc.) | | H | | | E E | |==== Dermaptera (earwigs) | X M | | | O I | |==== Phasmatodea (walking sticks, | (Orthopteroid P M | | leaf insects) | orders) T E | | | E T | | ====== Isoptera (termites) | R A | | | | Y B | |====|===== Mantodea (mantids) | G O | | | | O L =N=| ====== Blattaria (cockroaches) v T O | A U | === Psocoptera (book lice) ^ | S | =======| | | | | === Phthiraptera (lice) | | | ===| | (Hemipteroid | | | |========= Thysanoptera (thrips) | orders) | | | | | | ===| ========== Hemiptera (bugs, cicadas, | | | whiteflies, aphids, etc.) v v | | ===== Megaloptera (dobsonflies and fishflies) ^ | | | | ===|==== Raphidioptera (snakeflies) | H | | | E O | ===| ===== Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions, etc.) N L | | | D O | | ======== Coleoptera (beetles) O M | | P E ==| ======== Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants, sawflies) T T | | E A | | == Trichoptera (caddisflies) R B | | ===| Y O | | | == Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) G L ===| | O O ===| == Mecoptera (scorpionflies, hangingflies) T U | | A S ===|= Siphonaptera (fleas) | | | == Diptera (flies) v
N= Neoptera
SubCl. EXOPTERYGOTA: hemimetabolous life history
SubCl. ENDOPTERYGOTA: holometabolous life history
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