Pterygota

Pterygota; Temporal range: Late Carboniferous–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata on Tribulus terrestris (order Hymenoptera)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Cless:	Insecta
(unranked):	Dicondylia
Subcless:	Pterygota; Lang, 1888
Orders
	Infraclass: Paleoptera (probably paraphyletic); Ephemeroptera (mayflies); Odonata (deil's needles an damselflees); Infraclass: Neoptera; Superorder: Exopterygota Blattodea (cockroaches & termites); Mantodea (mantids); Dermaptera (earwigs); Plecoptera (staneflees); Orthoptera (grasslowpers, etc); Phasmatodea (walkin sticks); Embioptera (webspinners); Zoraptera (aungel insects); Grylloblattodea (ice-crawlers); Mantophasmatodea (gladiators); Psocoptera (booklice, barklice); Thysanoptera (thrips); Phthiraptera (lice); Hemiptera (true bugs); Superorder: Endopterygota Hymenoptera (eemocks, bees, etc.); Coleoptera (beetles); Strepsiptera (twistit-weenged parasites); Raphidioptera (snakeflees); Megaloptera (alderflies, etc.); Neuroptera (net-veined insects); Mecoptera (scorpionflies, etc.); Siphonaptera (flaes); Diptera (true flees); Trichoptera (caddisflies); Lepidoptera (butterflees, mochs);

The Pterygota are a subcless o insects that includes the weenged insects. It an aa includes insect orders that are seicontarily weengless (that is, insect groups whase auncestors ance haed wings but that hae lost them as a result o subsequent evolution).^[1]

References

↑ Vincent H. Resh; Ring T. Cardé (4 Apryle 2003). Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-08-054605-6.

[ReshCardé2003-1] Vincent H. Resh; Ring T. Cardé (4 Apryle 2003). Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-08-054605-6.

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