| Polyneoptera | |
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| Some representatives | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Branch: | Metapterygota |
| Infraclass: | Neoptera |
| Cohort: | Polyneoptera Martynov, 1938 |
| Synonyms | |
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Gryllones, Orthoptères, Orthopteroid Orders, Orthopteroidea, Paurometabola, Polyneopterata, Polyorthoptera, Polyplecoptera, Dermapterida, Plecopterida, Plecopterodea, Mystroptera | |
The cohort Polyneoptera[1][2] is a proposed taxonomic ranking for the Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc.) and all other Neopteran insects believed to be more closely related to Orthoptera than to any other insect orders. They possess biting mouthparts, but undergo little or no metamorphosis.[citation needed]
Contents
Superorders and orders
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[3]
Superorder Dictyoptera
Superorder Orthopterida
- †Caloneurodea
- †Geraroptera
- Orthoptera – 2 extant suborders:
- Caelifera – grasshoppers, groundhoppers, pygmy mole-crickets
- Ensifera – crickets, mole-crickets, katydids or bush crickets, camel crickets, wetas, etc.
- †Titanoptera - from the Triassic period.
- order Incertae sedis
- family †Cacurgidae Handlirsch, 1911
- family †Chresmodidae Haase, 1890
- family †Permostridulidae Béthoux, Nel, Lapeyrie & Gand, 2003
- family †Protophasmatidae Brongniart, 1885
- genus †Chenxiella Liu, Ren & Prokop, 2009
- genus †Lobeatta Béthoux, 2005
- genus †Nectoptilus Béthoux, 2005
- genus †Sinopteron Prokop & Ren, 2007
Synonyms include: Archaeorthoptera, Gryllidea, Orthopterodea, Orthopterodida, Orthopteroidea, Panorthoptera
Superorder †Perlidea (synonym Plecopteroidea)
Superorder not placed
- Dermaptera - earwigs
- Embioptera – web-spinners
- †Eoblattida
- Grylloblattodea - ice-crawlers
- Mantophasmatodea: previously placed together with the Grylloblattodea in the order Notoptera
- Phasmida – stick & leaf insects
- Plecoptera – stone-flies
- †Protorthoptera
- Zoraptera - angel insects
References
- ^ Martynov (1938) Tr. Paleont. Inst. Akad. Nauk, SSSR 7(4): 70.
- ^ Delclos, Nel, Azar, Bechly, Dunlop, Engel, Heads (2008) Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie Abhandlungen 247(3): 353-381.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
External Links
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