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Hexapoda -- The Insects



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From The
Zoological Record

The core information for this page is taken from the website of The Zoological Record. The original text has been abbreviated, some taxonomic groups are added, and links to further information have been expanded. For convenience the taxonomic list is distributed among several separate pages.
 

Hexapoda insects and some closely related more ancient groups, all with six walking legs --[ToL]

    Entognatha

      Collembola springtails, very abundant & widely distributed (Isotoma, Onychiurus) --[ToL links]

      Protura very small & eyeless with enlarged forelegs (Eosentomon) --[ ToL links]

      Diplura two pronged bristletails (position unclear but traditionally included in Entognatha along with Collembola and Protura) (Campodea) --[ToL links]

    Insecta insects --[researchers resource guide ToL ummzADW links]

      Anoplura sucking lice, true lice (Pediculus, Solenopotes) --[ToL links]

      Coleoptera beetles (includes Buprestoidea Caraboidea Lampyris noctiluca -- glow worm Leptinotarsa decemlineata -- Colorado Beetle Strepsiptera)-- [ToL ummzADW links]

      Dermaptera earwigs (Forficula, Labidura) --[ToL links]

      Dictyoptera --[ToL links]

      Blattodea (=Blattaria) cockroaches (Blaberus, Blattella, Periplaneta americana -- American cockroach) --[ucmp]

      Mantodea (=Manteodea) mantids (Mantis, Tenodera) --[ummzADW]

      Diptera true flies (Aedes aegypti -- malaria mosquito Chironomidae Drosophila -- fruit flies Tachinidae) --[researchers ToL ummzADW links]

      Ephemeroptera mayflies, shadflies (Baetis, Ephemera, Hexagenia, Rhithrogena) --[dedicated site ToL links]

      Hemiptera --[ToL links]

      Heteroptera true bugs --[ummzADW]

      Homoptera

        Aphidoidea aphids, plant lice

        Cicadoidea cicadas

        Coccoidea mealy bugs, scale insects --[dedicated site]

        Psylloidea jumping plant lice

      Hymenoptera includes social wasps and ants --[database ucmp ummzADW links]

      Symphyta sawflies

      Apocrita

        Evanioidea

        Ichneumonoidea

        Pelecinoidea (Pelecinus)

        Chalcidoidea chalcid wasps

        Proctotrupoidea

        Formicoidea ants

        Vespoidea true wasps

        Sphecoidea

        Apoidea bees (Apis mellifera -- honeybee)

      Isoptera termites, white ants (Coptotermes, Nasutitermes, Reticulitermes) --[links]

      Lepidoptera butterflies & moths --[resource guide ummzADW links]

        Bombycoidea (Bombyx mori -- silk moth)

        Cossoidea

        Gelechioidea

        Geometroidea

        Noctuoidea noctuid moths (Lymantria dispar -- gypsy moth)

        Papilionoidea butterflies (Vanessa)

        Pyraloidea

        Sphingoidea

        Tineoidea

        Tortricoidea

        Yponomeutoidea

        Zygaenoidea

      Mallophaga bird lice, biting lice (Menopon)

      Mecoptera scorpionflies (Boreus, Panorpa) --[links]

      Megaloptera alder flies, dobson flies, fish flies (Chauliodes, Sialis) --[ToL links]

      Neuroptera (=Planipennia) dobsonflies, doodlebugs, lacewings (Ankylopteryx, Chrysopa, Chrysoperla, Myrmeleontidae -- antlions) --[dedicated site researchers links]

      Odonata damselflies, dragonflies (Aeschna, Argia, Calopteryx, Ischnura, Libellula, Orthetrum, Sympetrum) --[dedicated site researchers ToL ummzADW links]

      Orthoptera --[links]

      Phasmida (=Phasmatodea) leaf insects, stick insects (Carausius, Cuniculina)

      Saltatoria crickets, grasshoppers, groundhoppers, katydids, locusts (Acheta, Acrida, Chorthippus, Gryllus, Locusta migratoria -- migratory locust, Melanoplus, Oxya, Schistocerca gragaria -- desert locust, Tettigonia)

      Plecoptera (=Perlaria) stone flies (Isoperla, Leuctra, Nemoura) --[links]

      Psocoptera bark lice, book lice (Caecilius, Loensia, Psocus)

      Siphonaptera fleas (Ceratophyllus, Ctenocephalides, Xenopsylla) --[links]

      Strepsiptera twisted wing insects

      Thysanoptera thrips (Aelothrips, Frankliniella, Haplothrips, Thrips) --[links]

      Thysanura bristletails, silverfish (Lepisma) --[ ToL links]

      Trichoptera caddis flies (Hydropsyche, Hydroptila, Limnephilus, Rhyacophila) --[links]




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