(dragonfly, Odonata) |
CLASS PTERYGOTA
(relations among the orders of winged insects; condensed and modified from Brusca et al. 2016 p. 889) |
(moth, Lepidoptera) |
===== Ephemeroptera (mayflies) ^ (Paleopteran ^ | | orders) | |==== Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies) v | <<| | | ======== Dermaptera (earwigs) ^ | | | | | H | | ===== Plecoptera (stoneflies) | E E | ==| | | X M | | | | === Phasmida (walking sticks | O I | | ===| | ,leaf insects) | P M | | | | | (Orthopteroid T E | | ==|== Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, | orders) E T | | | katydids, etc.) | R A =N=| | === Mantodea (mantids) | Y B | ===| | G O | === Blattodea (cockroaches+termites) v O L | T O | ======= Thysanoptera (thrips) ^ A U | ======| | | S | | ======= Hemiptera (bugs, cicadas, | (Hemipteroid | | | whiteflies, aphids, etc.) | orders) | =====| | | |============ Psocodea (lice) v v | --------------------------------------------------- | =========== Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants, sawflies) ^ | | | | | === Megaloptera (dobsonflies and fishflies) | H | | | E O | | ===|== Raphidioptera (snakeflies) N L | | | | D O | =====| === Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions, etc.) O M | | | P E ==| ======== Coleoptera (beetles) T T | E A | ==== Trichoptera (caddisflies) R B | ===| Y O | | ==== Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) G L ====| O O | ==== Diptera (flies) T U | | A S ===| == Mecoptera (scorpionflies, hangingflies) | ==| | == Siphonaptera (fleas) v
N= NEOPTERA
SubCl. EXOPTERYGOTA: hemimetabolous life history
SubCl.ENDOPTERYGOTA: holometabolous life history
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