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INSECT TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY By: Heather Brooks 09/11/14 INSECT ORDERS Ephemeroptera Coleoptera Odonata Lepidoptera Blattaria Diptera Isoptera Siphonoptera Dermatptera Hymenoptera Orthoperta Mantodea Phasmida Plecoptera Hemiptera ODONATA ODONATA IS AN ORDER OF CARNIVOROUS INSECTS, ENCOMPASSING DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES. THE WORD DRAGONFLY IS ALSO SOMETIMES USED TO REFER TO ALL ODONATA, BUT ODONATE IS A MORE CORRECT ENGLISH NAME FOR THE GROUP AS A WHOLE. ODONATES HAVE LARGE EYES WITH TEN THOUSAND TO THIRTY THOUSAND INDIVIDUAL LENSES IN EACH EYE. EPHEMEROPTERA MAYFLIES OR SHADFLIES ARE INSECTS BELONGING TO THE ORDER EPHEMEROPTERA. THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO AN ANCIENT GROUP OF INSECTS TERMED THE PALAEOPTERA, WHICH ALSO CONTAINS DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES. THEIR WINGS ARE LESS THAN 1 MM LONG. They have long antennae, and at the end of the abdomen are two short antennae-like structures that sense air current a BLATTARIA Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattodea, sometimes also called Blattaria, of which about 30 species out of 4,600 total are associated with human habitats. About four species are well known as pests. They have long antennae, and at the end of the abdomen are two short antennae-like structures that sense air current and vibrations. ISOPTERA TERMITES ARE A GROUP OF EUSOCIAL INSECTS THAT, UNTIL RECENTLY, WERE CLASSIFIED AT THE TAXONOMIC RANK OF ORDER ISOPTERA, BUT ARE NOW ACCEPTED AS THE INFRAORDER ISOPTERA, OF THE COCKROACH ORDER BLATTODEA. THE FOREWINGS AND HINDWINGS ARE EQUAL IN LENGTH AND HELD FLAT AGAINST THE BACK OF THE TERMITE. DERMATPTERA EARWIGS MAKE UP THE INSECT ORDER DERMAPTERA AND ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS, AFRICA, EURASIA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. WITH ABOUT 2,000 SPECIES IN 12 FAMILIES, THEY ARE ONE OF THE SMALLER INSECT ORDERS. THEY ARE LONG, SLENDER, FLATTENED INSECTS THAT COME IN VARIOUS SHADES OF BROWN OR BLACK. ORTHOPTERA ORTHOPTERA IS AN ORDER OF INSECTS WITH PAUROMETABOLOUS OR INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS, INCLUDING THE GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS, CAVE CRICKETS, JERUSALEM CRICKETS, KATYDIDS, WETA, LUBBER, ACRIDA, AND LOCUSTS. MOST ORTHOPTERANS ARE MEDIUM TO LARGE IN SIZE, RANGING IN LENGTH FROM 0.4 TO 3.9. PHASMIDA THE PHASMATODEA ARE AN ORDER OF INSECTS, WHOSE MEMBERS ARE VARIOUSLY KNOWN AS STICK INSECTS, WALKING STICKS OR STICK-BUGS, PHASMIDS, GHOST INSECTS AND LEAF INSECTS. MOST PHASMIDS ARE LONG, SMOOTH BODIED, AND ARE COLORED GREEN OR BROWN TO BETTER MATCH THE SURROUNDING VEGETATION. HEMIPTERA HEMIPTERA IS AN ORDER OF INSECTS MOST OFTEN KNOWN AS THE TRUE BUGS, COMPRISING AROUND 50,000–80,000 SPECIES OF CICADAS, APHIDS, PLANTHOPPERS, LEAFHOPPERS, SHIELD BUGS, AND OTHERS. HEMIPTERANS ARE EXTREMELY VARIABLE IN FORM, RANGING FROM LONG, SLENDER, AND STICKLIKE, TO SHORT AND ROUND, TO VERY FLAT. COLEOPTERAN THE COLEOPTERA ORDER OF INSECTS IS COMMONLY CALLED BEETLES. THEY ARE COVERED WITH A LEATHERY SKIN. LEPIDOPTERA LEPIDOPTERA IS A LARGE ORDER OF INSECTS THAT INCLUDES MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. THEIR BODIES ARE LONG AND SLENDER OR PLUMP AND ARE EITHER BRIGHTLY OR DRABLY COLORED. DIPTERA TRUE FLIES ARE INSECTS OF THE ORDER DIPTERA. ADULT DIPTERANS HAVE LARGE COMPOUND EYES, OR EYES WITH MULTIPLE LENSES, THAT OFTEN MEET OVER THE TOP OF THE HEAD IN MALES BUT ARE USUALLY SEPARATED IN FEMALES. SIPHONOPTERA FLEAS ARE THE INSECTS FORMING THE ORDER SIPHONAPTERA. THEY ARE WINGLESS, WITH MOUTHPARTS ADAPTED FOR PIERCING SKIN AND SUCKING BLOOD