| This Assassin Bug is in the order Hemiptera, which includes the "true bugs".
Chapter Outline- Description of Insecta
- Classification of Insecta
- Archaeognatha & Zygentoma
- Pterygota
- Neoptera
- Orthopteroidea
- Orthoptera
- Paraneoptera
- Endopterygota
- Diptera
- Hymenoptera
- Lepidoptera and Trichoptera
- Coleoptera
Links to external sites will appear in pop-up windows. | | | The first division of insects is based on their jaws. Monocondylians have jaws that attach by one condyle and Dicondylians have jaws that attach by two condylians. Bristletails are the only order of Monocondylians.The next split is between the flying insects and the non-flying silverfish and firebrats. - Monocondylia
- Archaeognatha - Bristletails
- Dicondylia
- Zygentoma - Silverfish, Firebrats
- Pterygota
- Palaeoptera
- Ephemeroptera- Mayflies
- Odonata - Dragonflies, Damselflies
- Neoptera
- Plecoptera - Stoneflies
- Embioptera - Web Spinners
- Zoraptera - Angel Insects
- Orthopteroidea
- Phasmatodea - Walking Sticks
- Mantophasmatodea - Heelwalkers
- Grylloblattodea
- Dermaptera - Earwigs
- Dictyoptera
- Mantodea - Mantids
- Blattaria - Cockroaches
- Isoptera - Termites
- Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets, Katydids
- Paraneoptera
- Psocoptera - Booklice, Barklice
- Phthiraptera - Lice
- Thysanoptera - Thrips
- Hemiptera - True Bugs, Cicadas, Aphids
- Endopterygota
- Siphonaptera - Fleas
- Mecoptera - Scorpionflies, Hangingflies
- Neuropterida
- Megaloptera - Dobsonflies, Fishflies, Adderflies
- Neuroptera - Lacewings, Ant Lions
- Raphidoptera - Snakeflies
- Diptera - Flies, Mosquitos
- Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps
- Strepsiptera - Twisted-Wing Parasites
- Amphiesmenoptera
- Trichoptera - Caddisflies
- Lepidoptera - Butterflies, Moths
- Coleoptera - Beetles
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