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Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- insects
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Protostomia
............................Ecdysozoa - ecdysozoans
..............................Superphylum Panarthropoda
................................Phylum Arthropoda - arthropods
..................................Euarthropoda
....................................Mandibulata
......................................Crustaceomorpha
........................................Labrophora
..........................................Subphylum Pancrustacea
............................................Altocrustacea
..............................................Miracrustacea
................................................Superclass Hexapoda
..................................................Class Entognatha
..................................................(Class Collembola)
..................................................(Class Protura)
..................................................Class Insecta - insects
....................................................Subclass Archaeognatha
....................................................Subclass Dicondylia
....................................................»Genus †Eopterum
....................................................»Family †Paoliidae
....................................................»Order Archaeognatha - bristletails
....................................................»Order Coleoptera - beetles
....................................................»Order Collembola - springtails
....................................................»Order Dermaptera - earwigs
....................................................»Order Diptera - true flies, mosquitoes, gnats
....................................................»Order Ephemeroptera - mayflies
....................................................»Order †Glosselytrodea - glosselytrodeans
....................................................»Order Grylloblattodea - ice crawlers
....................................................»Order Hemiptera - true bugs
....................................................»Order Hymenoptera - ants, bees, and wasps
....................................................»Order Isoptera - termites
....................................................»Order Lepidoptera - butterflies, moths
....................................................»Order Mantophasmatodea
....................................................»Order †Miomoptera
....................................................»Order Neuroptera - lacewings
....................................................»Order Odonata - dragonflies and damselflies
....................................................»Order Orthoptera - locusts, katydids, crickets, grasshoppers
....................................................»Order †Syntonopterodea
....................................................»Order Zygentoma - silverfish
....................................................»Superorder Condylognatha
....................................................»Superorder Dictyoptera
....................................................»Superorder Hymenopterida
....................................................»Superorder Neuropterida
....................................................»Superorder Odonatoptera
....................................................»Superorder Orthopterida
....................................................»Superorder †Palaeodictyopterida
....................................................»Superorder Panorpida
....................................................»Superorder Plecopterida
....................................................»Superorder Psocodea
....................................................(Order Aptera)
....................................................(Subclass Apterygota)
....................................................(Subclass Diplurata)
....................................................(Subclass Myrientomata)
....................................................(Subclass Neoptera)
....................................................(Subclass Oligoentomata)
....................................................(Subclass Palaeoptera)
....................................................(Subclass Pterygota) - winged insects
....................................................(Subclass Zygoentomata)
....................................................»(Dicondylia)
Paleontology
Geologic age
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-400 Mya
Ref:
2004
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Early Devonian
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Present
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Herbivore
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012