Orders and Families of Insects (Part 1)

Subclass Apterygota
1. Order Collembola
  1. Springtails
2. Order Thysanura
  1. Silverfish
3. Oder Protura
  1. Proturans
Subclass Pterygota
1. Series Paleoptera (Ancient Winged)
  1. Order Ephemeroptera
    1. Mayflies
  2. Order Odonata
    1. Dragonflies
    2. Damselflies
2. Series Neoptera (Modern Wing Folding)
  1. Order Coleoptera (sheath-wings)
    1. Beetles
      1. 2 pairs of wings, Mandibulate mouthparts, Compund Eyes, Holometabolous
  2. Order Hemiptera
    1. Hemilytrous front wings, Shorter membranous hind wings,
    2. 3/4 segemented beak, Hemimetabolous Life Cycle (Nymphs)
    3. Family Pentatomidae
    4. Family Tingidae
    5. Family Phymatidae
    6. Family Miridae
  3. Order Orthoptera (straight-wings)
    1. Incomplete Metamorphosis, Nymphs lack fully developed wings
    2. Stridulation, Posses ears
    3. MAJOR FAMILIES
      1. Gryllidae
        True/field crickets
      2. Acrididae
        Short-horned grasshoppers
      3. Tetrigidae
        grouse locusts/pygmy grasshoppers
      4. Gryllotalpidae
        Mole crickets
      5. Tettigoniidae
        Long horned Grasshoppers, Katydids
Order Phasmatodea/ Phasmida
1. Family Phasmatidae
  1. Walking stick
2. Family Phyliidae
  1. Leaf Insect

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