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Information on the basics of  Entomology

 

Introduction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Contents►

 

Entomology:  ORDERS 1

Kingdom:  Animalia, Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Hexapoda: Class: Insecta: Orders

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Orders of Insects & Entognatha

 

Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum:  Hexapoda

 

  Class:  Entognatha

 

     Collembola -- springtails

     Diplura -- diplurans

     Protura -- proturans or telsontails

 

 Class:  Insecta – Insects

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  Apteragota,

    Ametabola -- (Exotrophic)

     Thysanura -- Bristletails

 

  Pteragota

    Hemimetabola

 

       Ephemeroptera -- Mayflies

       Odonata -- Dragonflies, Damselflies

 

    Paurometabola

 

         Orthoptera -- Locusts, Grasshoppers, Crickets,

            Cockroaches, Walking sticks, Mantids

         Dermaptera -- Earwigs

         Isoptera -- Termites, White ants

         Embioptera -- Webspinners

         Plecoptera -- Stone flies

         Zoraptera -- Zorapterans

         Psocoptera (Corrodentia) -- Psocids

 

  

         Mallophaga -- Chewing lice

         Phthiraptera (= Anoplura) -- Sucking lice

         Thysanoptera -- Thrips

         Hemiptera -- Plant bugs, Stink bugs,

                                Chinch bugs, Ambush bugs,

                                Water striders, Toad bugs

         Homoptera -- Cicadas, Psyllids, Aphids, Scale

                                 insects

 

    Holometabola

 

         Neuroptera -- Alderflies, Snakeflies, Lacewings,

                                     Antlions

         Coleoptera -- Beetles

         Strepsiptera -- Twisted-winged parasites

         Mecoptera -- Scorpion flies

         Trichoptera -- Caddis flies

         Lepidoptera -- Butterflies, Moths

         Diptera -- Flies

         Siphonaptera -- Fleas

         Hymenoptera -- Bees, Wasps, Ants

 

[Superfamilies & Families]

 

SCIENTIFIC NAMES

GLOSSARY (Scientific Terms)

POOLED REFERENCES

Citations     Sample Examinations

 

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Details of Insect Taxonomic Groups

 

          Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been assembled.  Therefore, the principal groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the entire class Insecta.  These details are available at <taxnames.htm>.

 

 

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References