Superclass Hexapoda

Entognathous Hexapoda
Class and Order PROTURA (proturans)
Class and Order COLLEMBOLA (collembolans, springtails)
Class and Order DIPLURA (diplurans)
Ectognathous Hexapoda
Class INSECTA
Subclass APTERYGOTA (primitively wingless)
Order ARCHEOGNATHA
(primitive silverfish, jumping bristletails)
Order THYSANURA (silverfish)
Subclass PTERYGOTA (winged insects, including secondarily wingless)
Infraclass Paleoptera (primitively winged)
Order EPHEMEROPTERA (mayflies)
Order ODONATA (dragonflies, damselflies)
Infraclass Neoptera (modern winged insects)
Division Exopterygota (simple and slight metamorphosis)
Order PLECOPTERA (stoneflies)
Order BLATTODEA (roaches, cockroaches and termites)
Order MANTODEA (mantis)
Order GRYLLOBLATTODEA* (rock crawlers)
Order MANTOPHASMATODEA* (heel walkers)
Order PHASMATODEA (stick insect, leaf insect)
Order EMBIOPTERA (webspinner)
Order ORTHOPTERA (grasshopper, crickets, katydids)
Order DERMAPTERA (earwig)
Order ZORAPTERA (zorapterans, angel flies)
Order PSOCOPTERA (book lice and bark lice)
Order PHTHIRAPTERA (biting lice and sucking lice)
Order THYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Order HEMIPTERA (true bugs, cicadas, hoppers, psyllids,
whiteflies, aphids, scale insects)

Division Endopterygota (complete metamorphosis)

Order NEUROPTERA (lacewings, antlions, owlflies)
Order MEGALOPTERA* (alderflies, dobsonflies)
Order RAPHIDIOPTERA* (snakeflies)
Order COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Order STREPSIPTERA (twisted wing parasite)
Order DIPTERA (mosquitoes, midges, flies)
Order MECOPTERA* (scorpionflies, hangingflies)
Order SIPHONAPTERA (fleas)
Order TRICHOPTERA (caddisflies)
Order LEPIDOPTERA (moths, butterflies)
Order HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees, wasps)