(dragonfly, Odonata)

PTERYGOTA (relations among the orders of winged insects; condensed and modified from Ruppert et al. 2004 p. 750)

(moth, Lepidoptera)

    ===== Ephemeroptera (mayflies)                    ^ (Paleopteran     ^
    |                                                 |    orders)       |
    | === Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)          v                  |
<<==| |                                                                  |
    | |      ==== Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, ^                  |
    | |    ==|                  katydids,etc.)        |                  |  H
    | |    | ==== Phasmida (walking sticks,           |                  E  E
    ==|  ==|             leaf insects)                |                  X  M
      |  | |                                          |                  O  I
      |  | === Dermaptera (earwigs)                   | (Orthopteroid    P  M
      |  |               leaf insects)                |    orders)       T  E
      |  |                                            |                  E  T
      |  |    ====== Isoptera (termites)              |                  R  A
      |  |    |                                       |                  Y  B
      |  |====|  === Mantodea (mantids)               |                  G  O
      |  |    ===|                                    |                  O  L
      =N=|       === Blattaria (cockroaches)          v                  T  O
         |                                                               A  U
         |            === Psocoptera (book lice)      ^                  |  S
         |        ====|                               |                  |
         |        |   === Phthiraptera (lice)         |                  |
         |     ===|                                   | (Hemipteroid     |
         |  ===|  ======= Thysanoptera (thrips)       |    orders)       |
         |  |  |                                      |                  |
         ===|  ========== Hemiptera (bugs, cicadas,   |                  |
            |             whiteflies, aphids, etc.)   v                  v
            |             
            |       ===== Megaloptera (dobsonflies and fishflies)        ^
            |       |                                                    |
            |    ===|==== Raphidioptera (snakeflies)                     |  H
            |    |  |                                                    E  O
            | ===|  ===== Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions, etc.)         N  L
            | |  |                                                       D  O
            | |  ======== Coleoptera (beetles)                           O  M
            | |                                                          P  E
            ==|  ======== Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants, sawflies)      T  T
              |  |                                                       E  A
              |  |     == Trichoptera (caddisflies)                      R  B
              |  |  ===|                                                 Y  O
              |  |  |  == Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)            G  L
              ===|  |                                                    O  O
                 ===|  == Mecoptera (scorpionflies, hangingflies)        T  U
                    |  |                                                 A  S
                    ===|= Siphonaptera (fleas)                           |
                       |                                                 |
                       == Diptera (flies)                                v

N= NEOPTERA

SubCl. EXOPTERYGOTA: hemimetabolous life history
SubCl.ENDOPTERYGOTA: holometabolous life history

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