Blattodea&others

Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta

Blattodea

Dermaptera

Mecoptera

Neuroptera

Trichoptera

Phasmatodea

Thysanura

Order Dermaptera

gr. derma = skin + pteron = wing
incomplete metamorphosis

12 families, 2000 described species

Order Mecoptera

gr.mekos = long + ptera = wing
complete metamorphosis

9 families, 550 described species

Order Trichoptera

gr. (thrix, trichos = hair + pteron = wing
complete metamorphosis

27 families, 6000 described species

Order Phasmatodea

incomplete metamorphosis

3 families, 2500 species

Order Thysanura

no metamorphosis

4 families, 370 described species

This order contains cockroaches and termites, formerly considered separate.

Earwigs have characteristic cerci, forcep-like pincers on their abdomen, and membranous wings folded underneath short, rarely used forewings.They protect their eggs and young.

Mecopterans are sometimes called scorpionflies because of their largest family, Panorpidae, whose rear body look similar to the stingers of scorpions.

The larvae of caddisflies live in streams and ponds and cover their bodies with portable cases made of small stones and other materials webbed together with silk. Adults are moth-like, with slender antennae. They have chewing mouthparts, but the adults probably do not feed.

(From Kansas State Department of Entomology)

Ghost insects resemble to vegetation while in fact being animals, and among then there are the world's longest insects.

Thysanura are the most archaic insects and after over a century they are no more recognised as an order. They are now divided into to two groups within the former order, the Archaeognatha and the Zygentoma.

Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta

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Order Neuroptera

gr.neuron = nerve + ptera = wing
complete metamorphosis

27 families, 6000 described species

Also called net-winged insects, their
adults have four membranous wings, all about the same size, with many veins.

Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Subphylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta