Trachiata

         

         Arthropods with three (insects) or two (Myryipods) tagmata, all appendages multiarticulated and uniramous, mandibles that are whole limb jaws with a biting surface at the tip, with ectodermally derived excretory system of malphigian tubules, with out a carapace , with aerial gas exchange system of trachae.

         

        Class Myriopoda*

        Subclass Diplopoda

        Subclass Pauropoda ‑ pauropodans

        Subclass Chilopoda* ‑ centipedes with numerous unfused trunk segments all but the last  two with one pair of legs, first pair of legs modified into a poison fang, both pairs of maxillae coalessed

        Subclass Symphyla ‑ symphylans

        Class Insecta* ‑ Uniramians with postcephalic segments differentiated in to a thorax (3 segments) and abdomen 11 or fewer segments),

        Subclass Myrentomata*

         Order Protura ‑ proturans

        Subclass Oligoentomata

         Order Collembola* ‑ springtails

        Subclass Diplurata ‑ diplurans

        Subclass Zygoentomata*

        Order Thysanura* ‑ silver fish, bristletails

        Order Archaeognatha ‑ Rock hoppers

        Subclass Pterygota ‑ all winged as adults

        Order Ephemoroptera* ‑ mayflies ‑ aquatic nymphs ‑ predatory only as nymph

        Order Odonata* ‑ dragon flies and damsel flies

        Superorder Orthopterodea*

        Order Blattodea* ‑ cockroaches ‑ mandibulate chewers

        Order Mantodea* ‑ mantids ‑ mandibulate chewers

        Order Isoptera* ‑ termites ‑ mandibulate and chewing Order Plecoptera* ‑ stone flies

        Order Orthoptera* ‑ grasshoppers, crickets Romalea, mandibulate chewers 

        Order Dermaptera* ‑ earwigs ‑ well developed cerci mandibulate chewers

        Order Embioptera ‑ embiopterans

        Order Phasmida ‑ stick and leaf insects

        Superorder Hemipterodea*

        Order Zoraptera ‑ zorapterans

        Order Psocoptera ‑ book and bark lice

        Order Phthiraptera ‑ phthirapterans

        Order Hemiptera* ‑ true bugs, mouthparts modified for piercing and sucking

        Order Thysanoptera ‑ Thrips ‑ mouthparts modified piercing and sucking

        Order Anoplura* ‑ body lice, crab lice, mouthparts greatly modified for piercing

        Order Mallophaga* ‑ bird lice ‑ mouth parts modified forbiting (chewing lice)

        Order Homoptera*7 ‑ plant bugs including white flies, aphids, scale insects, cicadas

        Superorder Holometabola ‑  complete metamorphosis wings developed from internal pads

        Order Strepsiptera ‑ twisted wing insects

        Order Coleoptera* ‑ beetles ‑ covered by hard elytra ‑mandibulate chewing and biting

        Order Neuroptera* ‑ alder flies, lacewings, antlions, mandibulate

        Order Raphidoptera ‑ raphidopterans

        Order Megaloptera – megalopterans

        Order Hymenoptera* ‑ bees, wasps, ants, mouthparts mandibulate chewing,  maybe modified for­sucking, pedicel

        Order Mecoptera ‑ scorpion flies ‑ mandibulate beak, carnivorous

        Order Siphonaptera* ‑ fleas ‑ mouthparts adapted to piercing­and sucking blood

        Order Diptera* ‑ true flies, mosquitoes, gnats, suctorial ­mouthpars, form proboscis

        Order Trichoptera ‑ caddis flies ‑ mouthparts of adults modified for lapping liquids

        Order Lepidoptera* ‑ butterflies ‑ adult mouthparts modified sucking tube,