Pterygota

:Orders

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:* Blattodea (cockroaches)

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:* Isoptera (termites)

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:* Mantodea (mantids)

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:* Dermaptera (earwigs)

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:* Plecoptera (stoneflies)

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:* Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc)

Related Topics:
Orthoptera - Grasshopper

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:* Phasmatodea (walking sticks)

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:* Embioptera (webspinners)

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:* Zoraptera

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:* Grylloblattodea

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:* Mantophasmatodea (gladiators)

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:Orders

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:* Psocoptera (booklice, barklice)

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:* Thysanoptera (thrips)

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:* Phthiraptera (lice)

Related Topics:
Phthiraptera - Lice

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:* Hemiptera (true bugs)

Related Topics:
Hemiptera - Bug

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:Orders

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:* Raphidioptera (snakeflies)

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:* Megaloptera (alderflies, etc.)

Related Topics:
Megaloptera - Alderflies

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:* Neuroptera (net-veined insects)

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:* Coleoptera (beetles)

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:* Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasites)

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:* Mecoptera (scorpionflies, etc.)

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:* Siphonaptera (fleas)

Related Topics:
Siphonaptera - Flea

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:* Diptera (true flies)

Related Topics:
Diptera - Flies

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:* Trichoptera (caddisflies)

Related Topics:
Trichoptera - Caddisflies

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:* Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)

Related Topics:
Lepidoptera - Butterflies - Moth

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:* Hymenoptera (ants, bees, etc.)

Related Topics:
Hymenoptera - Ant - Bee

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:* Miomoptera - extinct

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:* Protodiptera extinct

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Pterygota is a subclass of insects that includes the winged insects. It also includes insect orders that are secondarily wingless (that is, insect groups whose ancestors once had wings but that have lost them as a result of subsequent evolution).

Related Topics:
Subclass - Insect

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The living insect within the pterygotan group include almost all insects. The hexapod orders not included are the Microcoryphia (jumping bristletails) and the Thysanura (silverfishes and firebrats), and two primitively wingless insect orders. Also not included are the three orders that are no longer considered to be insects: Protura, Collembola, and Diplura.

Related Topics:
Microcoryphia - Thysanura - Silverfish - Firebrat - Protura - Collembola - Diplura

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