Insects (Insecta)
Photography by Donald Gudehus
Index
Class Insecta - Insects
Subclass Apterygota - Wingless Insects
Order Thysanura - Bristletails
Subclass Pterygota, Lang, 1888 - Winged Insects
Infraclass Paleoptera - Insects with Non-folding Wings
Order Ephemeroptera - Mayflies
Order Odonata - Damselflies and Dragonflies
Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies
Suborder Anisoptera - Dragonflies
Infraclass Neoptera, Martynov, 1923 - Insects with Folding Wings
Superorder Exopterygota - Insects with Incomplete Metamorphosis
Order Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Katydids,and Crickets
Suborder Ensifera - Long-horned Orthoptera
Order Mantodea - Mantids
Order Hemiptera - True Bugs
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha - Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Hoppers
Suborder Heteroptera
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Superorder Endopterygota - Insects with Complete Metamorphosis
Order Hymenoptera Bees, Wasps, Ants, and Sawflies
Suborder Symphyta - Sawflies and Wood Wasps
Suborder Apocrita - Bees, Wasps, and Ants
Superfamily Apoidea - Bees and Sphecoid Wasps
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga
Infraorder Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Infraorder Elateriformia
Superfamily Buprestoidea
Superfamily Elateroidea - Click Beetles and Soldier Beetles
Infraorder Cucujiformia
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea - Longhorn and Leaf Beetles
Superfamily Cucujoidea
Order Neuroptera - Net-veined Insects
Suborder Hemerobiiformia
Superfamily Hemerobioidea
Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea
Superorder Panorpida - Panorpoid Insects
Order Diptera - True Flies
Suborder Nematocera
Infraorder Culicomorpha
Superfamily Chironomoidea
Suborder Brachycera
Infraorder Muscomorpha
Section Aschiza
Section Schizophora
Subsection Calyptratae
Superfamily Muscoidea
Superfamily Oestroidea
Images of Species
Family Lepismatidae
Family Heptageniidae - Flatheaded Mayflies
Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies
Family Lestidae - Spreadwing Damselflies
Family Coenagrionidae - Pond Damselflies, aka Narrow-winged Damselflies
Genus Argia - The Dancers
Genus Enallagma - The Bluets
Genus Ischnura - The Forktails
Family Aeshnidae - Darners
Genus Aeshna
Genus Anax
Genus Rhionaeschna
Family Libellulidae - Skimmers
Subfamily Libellulinae
Genus Erythemis
Genus Libelllula - The King Skimmers
Genus Plathemis - The King Skimmers
Genus Sympetrum
Family Stenopelmatidae - Jerusalem Crickets
Family Mantidae - Praying Mantids
Family Cicadidae, Westwood, 1840 - Cicadas
Family Pentatomidae, Leach, 1815 - Stinks Bugs and Shield Bugs
Tribe Pentatomini
Genus Acrosternum - Stink Bugs
Family Apidae - Carpenter Bees, Bumble Bees, and Honey Bees
Subfamily Apinae
Genus Bombus - Bumble Bees
Subfamily Xylocopinae
Genus Xylocopa - Carpenter Bees
Family Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles
Subfamily Melonthinae - Chafers
Family Buprestidae - Jewel Beetles
Subfamily Buprestinae (Lacordaire, 1857)
Tribe Buprestini
Genus Cypriacis
Family Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles
Family Cerambycidae - Long-horned Beetles
Subfamily Prioninae (Latreille, 1802)
Tribe Anacolini
Genus Prionoplus
Subfamily Lepturinae (Latreille, 1802) - Flower Longhorns
Family Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles
Subfamily Chrysomelinae (Latreille, 1802)
Tribe Chrysomelini
Genus Chrysolina
Subfamily Galerucinae (Latreille, 1802) - Skeletonizing leaf beetles
Tribe Luperini
Genus Diabrotica
Family Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles aka Ladybirds and Ladybugs
Subfamily Coccinellinae (Latreille, 1807)
Tribe Coccinellini
Genus Coccinella
Genus Harmonia
Genus Hippodamia
Family Chrysopidae - Common Lacewings and Green Lacewings
Family Myrmeleontidae - Antlions
Family Chironomidae - Non-biting Midges
Subfamily Chironominae (Newman, 1834)
Tribe Chironomini
Genus Chironomus
Family Syrphidae - Hover Flies
Family Scathophagidae - Dung Flies
Family Calliphoridae - Blow-flies or Carrion Flies
Family Sarcophagidae - Flesh Flies
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