Insect Classification

Apterygota (Wingless insects)

Thysanura - Bristletails

Diplura - Two-tailed Bristletails___ Diplurans page

Protura - Proturans

Collembola - Springtails

Pterygota (Winged insects)

Exopterygota (Insects with partial metamorphosis)

Ephemeroptera - Mayflies ___ Mayflies page

Odonata - Dragonflies ___ Dragonflies page

Plecoptera - Stoneflies

Orthoptera - Crickets and Grasshoppers

Dermaptera - Earwigs ___ Earwigs page

Dictyoptera - Cockroaches

Psocoptera - Booklice and Barklice

Mallophaga - Biting Lice

Anoplura - Sucking Lice

Hemiptera - True Bugs ___ True Bugs page

Thysanoptera - Thrips

Endopterygota (Insects with complete metamorphosis)

Neuroptera - Lacewings, Alderflies and Snakeflies

Mecoptera - Scorpion flies ___ Scorpionflies page

Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths

Trichoptera - Caddis flies ___ Caddis flies page

Diptera - True Flies

Siphonaptera - Fleas ___ Fleas page

Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps, etc ___ Ants, Bees and Wasps page

Coleoptera - Beetles ___ Beetles page

Some Classifications now place Diplura, Protura and Collembola outside the Class Insecta. With the true Insects they are grouped into the Superclass Hexapoda

The pages mentioned above give more information about various insect orders.

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