Polyneoptera

The cohort Polyneoptera[1][2] is a proposed taxonomic ranking for the Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc.) and all other Neopteran insects believed to be more closely related to Orthoptera than to any other insect orders. They possess biting mouthparts, but undergo little or no metamorphosis.

Polyneoptera
Some representatives
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Branch: Metapterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Cohort: Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1938
Synonyms

Gryllones, Orthoptères, Orthopteroid Orders, Orthopteroidea, Paurometabola, Polyneopterata, Polyorthoptera, Polyplecoptera, Dermapterida, Plecopterida, Plecopterodea, Mystroptera

Superorders and orders

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[3]

Superorder Dictyoptera

Superorder Orthopterida

  • Caloneurodea
  • Geraroptera
  • Orthoptera – 2 extant suborders:
    • Caelifera – grasshoppers, groundhoppers, pygmy mole-crickets
    • Ensifera – crickets, mole-crickets, katydids or bush crickets, camel crickets, wetas, etc.
    • Titanoptera – from the Triassic period
  • order Incertae sedis
    • family †Cacurgidae Handlirsch, 1911
    • family †Chresmodidae Haase, 1890
    • family †Permostridulidae Béthoux, Nel, Lapeyrie & Gand, 2003
    • family †Protophasmatidae Brongniart, 1885
      • genus †Chenxiella Liu, Ren & Prokop, 2009
      • genus †Lobeatta Béthoux, 2005
      • genus †Nectoptilus Béthoux, 2005
      • genus †Sinopteron Prokop & Ren, 2007

Synonyms include: Archaeorthoptera, Gryllidea, Orthopterodea, Orthopterodida, Orthopteroidea, Panorthoptera

Superorder †Perlidea (synonym Plecopteroidea)

  • Cnemidolestida

Superorder not placed

References

  1. Martynov (1938) Tr. Paleont. Inst. Akad. Nauk, SSSR 7(4): 70.
  2. Delclos, Nel, Azar, Bechly, Dunlop, Engel, Heads (2008) Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie Abhandlungen 247(3): 353-381.
  3. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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