Insect Taxonomic Orders
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KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Anthropoda
CLASS: Insecta (Insects)
ORDERS:
BLATTODEA
(Cockroaches)
COLEOPTERA
(Beetles)
COLLEMBOLA
(Springtails)
DERMAPTERA
(Earwigs)
DIPLURA
(Diplurans)
DIPTERA
(Mosquito;Fly)
EMBIOPTERA
(Webspinners)
EPHEMEROPTERA
(Mayflies)
GRYLLOBLATTODEA
(Ice Insect)
HEMIPTERA
("True" Bugs)
HOMOPTERA
(Leafhoppers)
HYMENOPTERA
(Bee; Wasp)
ISOPTERA
(Termites)
LEPIDOPTERA
(Butterfly; Moth)
MALLOPHAGA
(Chewing Louse)
MANTODEA
(Mantids)
MEGALOPTERA
(Alder; Dobsonfly)
MICROCORYPHIA
(Bristletail)
NEUROPTERA
(Lacewings)
ODONATA
(Dragonflies; Damselflies)
ORTHOPTERA
(Grasshoppers; Crickets)
PHASMATODEA
(Walkingsticks)
PROTURA
(Proturan)
PSOCOPTERA
(Louse)
RAPHIDOPTERA
(Snakefly)
SIPHONAPTERA
(Fleas)
STREPSIPTERA
(Parasite)
THYSANOPTERA
(Thrips)
THYSANURA
(Silverfish)
TRICHOPTERA
(Caddisfly)
ZORAPTERA
(Zorapteran)
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Anthropoda
CLASS: Arachnida (Spiders)
ORDERS:
ARANEAE
(Spiders)
SCORPIONIDA
(Scorpions)
PSEUDOSCORPIONIDA
(Pseudoscorpion)
UROPYGI
(Windscorpion)
AMBLYPHYGI
(Whipscorpion)
SOLPUGIDA
(Windscorpion)
OPILIONES
(Daddy-Long-Legs)
ACARINA
(Mites; Ticks)
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