Subclass

Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)

Malacosoma constricta. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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The Pterygota are 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).

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Ephemeroptera (Mayflies) (5)
        Order: Neuroptera (Antlions, lacewings, and allies) (3)
        Order: Megaloptera (Alderflies, dobsonflies, and fishflies) (4)
        Order: Blattodea (Cockroaches and termites) (6)
        Order: Odonata (Dragonflies and damselflies) (42)
        Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths) (308)
        Order: Trichoptera (Caddisflies) (5)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles) (229)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies) (132)
        Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies) (66)
        Order: Diptera (Flies) (88)
        Order: Plecoptera (Stoneflies) (2)
        Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids) (27)
        Order: Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, hangingflies, and allies) (1)
        Order: Psocodea (Barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice) (3)
        Order: Thysanoptera (Thrips) (2)
        Order: Phasmida (Stick insects) (1)

Subtaxa

Order: Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)

Order: Neuroptera (Antlions, lacewings, and allies)

Order: Megaloptera (Alderflies, dobsonflies, and fishflies)

Order: Blattodea (Cockroaches and termites)

Order: Odonata (Dragonflies and damselflies)

Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)

Order: Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)

Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)

Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)

Order: Diptera (Flies)

Order: Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids)

Order: Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, hangingflies, and allies)

Order: Psocodea (Barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice)

Order: Thysanoptera (Thrips)

Order: Phasmida (Stick insects)

Where in Humboldt

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