Overview of ordines

Archaeognatha – Blattodea – Coleoptera – Collembola – Dermaptera – Diplura – Diptera – Embiidina – Ephemeroptera – Hemiptera – Hymenoptera – Lepidoptera – Mantodea – Mecoptera – Megaloptera – Neuroptera – Notoptera – Odonata – Orthoptera – Phasmatodea – Plecoptera – Protura – Psocodea – Raphidioptera – Siphonaptera – Strepsiptera – Thysanoptera – Trichoptera – Zoraptera – Zygentoma – †Archaeorthoptera – †Carbotriplurida – †Coxoplectoptera – †Permopsocida – †Skleroptera ...

Primary references

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