Arthropods

Arthropods

1. Insect Orders

   • Most Order names of insects come from something to do with their wing shape, size structure or number
     • Ptera = Wings, Pteron = wing
       • Orthoptera = straight wings.
         • Grasshoppers and Crickets
       • Isoptera = wings of an equal size.
         • Termites
       • Hemiptera = Half-winged.
         • True Bugs
       • Coleoptera = Covered wings.
         • Beetles
       • Hymenoptera = Membranous wings.
         • Ants, Bee and Wasps
       • Lepidoptera = wings covered in scales.
         • Butterflies and Moths
       • Diptera = Two wings
         • Flies

2. Ecdysozoa

   • Nematodes (round worms)
   • onycophora (velvet worms)
   • Lophotrochozoa
     • Platyhelminthes (flatworms)
     • Annelids (segmented worms)
     • Molluscs (Snails, clams, squid, etc)