Orders of insects

Apterygota

Thysanura (Bristletails)

Diplura {Diplurans (Two-pronged Bristletails)}

Protura (Proturans)

Collembola (Springtails)
Pterygota
Exopterygota
5. Ephemeroptera-Mayflies
6. Odonata-Dragonflies and Damselflies
7. Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Locusts, cockroach, mantids and Crickets)
8. Dictyoptera (Cockroaches and Mantids)
9. Grylloblattodea (Rock crawlers)
10. Phasmida (Stick insects and Leaf insects)
11. Dermaptera (Earwigs)
12. Isoptera (Termites)
13. Embioptera (Web-spinners)
14. Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
15. Zoraptera (Zorapterans)
16. Psocoptera {Psocopterans (Psocids, Booklice)}
17. Mallophaga {Chewing lice (Biting lice)
18. Anoplura (= Siphunculata) {Sucking lice
19. Thysanoptera (Thrips)
20. Hemiptera
i. suborder Heteroptera (Bugs)
ii. suborder Homoptera (Cicadas, Hoppers, Psyllids, Whiteflies, Aphids,
and Scale insects)
 Endopterygota
21 Neuroptera Lacewings, Antlions
22 Coleoptera Beetles, weevils
23 Strepsiptera Twisted-winged parasites (Stylopids)
24 Mecoptera Scorpionflies
25 Trichoptera Caddisflies
26 Lepidoptera Butterflies and Moths
27 Diptera True Flies, flies and mosquito
28 Siphonaptera Fleas
29 Hymenoptera Sawflies, Ichneumons, Chalcids, Ants, Wasps, and Bees
30 Mantophasmatodea Mantophasma zephyr, Gladiator
Thysanura
Derived from the Greek Thusanos = tail
Abdomen with three roughly equal
filaments
Collembola: Springtails
Ephemeroptera
Ephemeros = short-lived; ptera = wing
Mayflies; two pairs of wings; long cerci and
central filament; aquatic nymphs
Odonata
Odont= tooth; gnatha = jaw
Short antennae; two pairs of richly
veined wings; aquatic nymphs
Damselfly
Dragonfly
Plecoptera
Pleiken = braided; ptera= wing
Stoneflies
Blattodea

Blatta = cockroach
Isoptera
Iso = similar; ptera = wing