Metapterygota

Metapterygota
Giant honey bee Apis dorsata (order Hymenoptera) on Tribulus terrestris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Branch:	Metapterygota
Subgroups
Odonatoptera Neoptera

Metapterygota is a clade of winged insects containing order Odonata and Infraclass Neoptera. They share morphological characteristics of a loss of caudal filaments and a subimago stage. Genetically the clade is supported by similarities in the mitochondrial genomes. ^[1]

Classification

• Superorder Odonatoptera
  • Order Protodonata or Meganisoptera †(extinct)
  • Order Protanisoptera †(extinct)
  • Order Triadophlebioptera †(extinct)
  • Order Protozygoptera or Archizygoptera †(extinct)
  • Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
• Infraclass Neoptera
  • Polyneoptera
    • Order Caloneurodea †(extinct)
    • Order Glosselytrodea †(extinct)
    • Order Titanoptera †(extinct)
    • Order Protorthoptera †(extinct)
    • Order Plecoptera (stoneflies)
    • Order Embioptera (webspinners)
    • Order Zoraptera (angel insects)
    • Order Dermaptera (earwigs)
    • Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc.)
    • Order Phasmatodea (stick insects)
    • Superorder Notoptera
      • Order Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers)
      • Order Mantophasmatodea (gladiators)
    • Superorder Dictyoptera
      • Order Blattodea (cockroaches and termites)
      • Order Mantodea (mantises)
      • Order Alienoptera †(extinct)
  • Eumetabola
    • Order Miomoptera †(extinct)
    • Paraneoptera
      • Order Psocodea (booklice, barklice, lice)
      • Superorder Condylognatha
        • Order Thysanoptera (thrips)
        • Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
    • Endopterygota
      • Superorder Hymenopterida
        • Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, etc.)
      • Aparaglossata
        • Neuropteroidea
          • Superorder Neuropterida
            • Order Raphidioptera (snakeflies)
            • Order Megaloptera (alderflies, etc.)
            • Order Neuroptera (net-veined insects)
          • Superorder Coleopterida
            • Order Coleoptera (beetles)
            • Order Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasites)
        • Superorder Panorpida
          • Antliophora
            • Mecopteroidea
              • Order Mecoptera (scorpionflies, etc.)
              • Order Siphonaptera (fleas)
            • Order Diptera (true flies)
            • Order Protodiptera †(extinct)
          • Amphiesmenoptera
            • Order Trichoptera (caddisflies)
            • Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)

References

1. Yeates, David K; Cameron, Stephen L; Trautwein, Michelle (May 2012). "A view from the edge of the forest: recent progress in understanding the relationships of the insect orders: The relationships of the insect orders" . Australian Journal of Entomology. 51 (2): 79–87. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2012.00857.x.