Insect Taxonomy

Animal Taxonomy
Insects by Picture

This taxonomy is based on the ITIS Hierarchical Report, which is managed by government agencies in the US, Canada, and Mexico, with input from other sources.

Infraclass: Palaeoptera

Order: Odonata (damselflies and dragonflies)

Infraclass: Neoptera

Superorder: Neuropterida

Order: Neuroptera (lacewings)

Superorder: Paraneoptera

Order: Hemiptera (true bugs)

Order: Psocodea (lice and wood lice)

Superorder: Polyneoptera

Order: Dermaptera (earwigs)

Order: Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers)

Order: Blattodea (roaches)

Superorder: Holometabola

Order: Diptera (flies)

Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)

Order: Coleoptera (beetles)

Order: Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps)

Order: Siphonaptera (fleas)