Grylloblattidae
Unknown as fossils, although some researchers (e.g., Vrsansky et al. 2001) consider grylloblattids to be related to the Protorthoptera complex dating back to the Carboniferous. Ando, H., ed. 1982. Biology of the Notoptera. Kashiyo-Insatsu Co., ... [... more]
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Zoraptera Silvestri 1913
Michael S. Engel Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window The order Zoraptera is one of the least diverse and most poorly understood of insect lineages. Zoraptera are minute, hemimetabolous insects superficially resembling ... [... more]
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Neuroptera
John D. Oswald Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window Adams, P. A. 1958. Studies in the Neuroptera, with special reference to wing structure and evolution in the Osmyloidea. Ph.D. Dissertation. Harvard University, ... [... more]
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Dragonflies and damselflies
John W. H. Trueman and Richard J. Rowe Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window Odonata are an order of aquatic palaeopterous insects. There are about 6500 extant species in just over 600 genera. Adult odonates are medium ... [... more]
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True bugs, cicadas, leafhoppers, aphids, etc.
Hemisys - half; pteron - wing; referring to the fact that many of its members have the basal half of the fore wings thicker than the distal half. Afifi, S. A. 1968. Morphology and taxonomy of the adult males of families, Pseudococcidae and ... [... more]
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Cockroaches
Under bark, or logs, some are arboreal, some live in caves; others in bathtubs and behind bookcases. Some are omnivores; others eat wood. Upper Carboniferous to Recent. One of the dominant groups of the late Palaeozoic. Atkinson, T. H., P. G. ... [... more]
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Orthoptera
Darryl T. Gwynne, Laure DeSutter, Paul Flook, and Hugh Rowell Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window The more than 20,000 species in this order have a worldwide distribution but are most diverse in the tropics. Body size ... [... more]
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Dermaptera
Fabian Haas Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window Earwigs or Dermaptera constitute a comparatively small order of insects comprising about 1800 species. Their scientific name refers to the leathery fore wing (dermatos: ... [... more]
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Heteroptera
Carver, M., G.F. Gross and T.E. Woodward. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.). Pages 429-509 in The Insects of Australia. I.D. Naumann, ed. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, Australia. Schaefer, C.W. ... [... more]
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Strepsiptera
Jeyaraney Kathirithamby Click on an image to view larger version & data in a new window Strepsiptera are obligate parasites of insects, with hosts ranging across 7 orders and 34 families. The name of the group is derived from the Greek words for ... [... more]
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Scorpionflies and hangingflies
Dallai, R., P. Lupetti, B. A. Afzelius, et al. 2003. Sperm structure of Mecoptera and Siphonaptera (Insecta) and the phylogenetic position of Boreus hyemalis. Zoomorphology 122(4): 211-220. Whiting, M. F. 2002. Mecoptera is paraphyletic: multiple ... [... more]
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Web spinners
Oligocene to Recent, with controversial records from the Lower Permian. Davis, C. 1939. Taxonomic notes of the Order Embioptera. Part III: The genus Burmitembia Cockerell. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 64:369-373. Davis, ... [... more]
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