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Table 2.1. Classification of insects (class: Insecta) a<br />

Group Group Group Order Common names Number of species<br />

Primitively wingless insects Archeognatha bristletails 500<br />

Zygentoma silverfish 400<br />

Pterygota Paleoptera Ephemeroptera mayflies 3 100<br />

Odonata dragonflies, damselflies 5 500<br />

Neoptera Polyneoptera Dermaptera earwigs 2 000<br />

Grylloblattodea ice crawlers 26<br />

Mantophasmatodea rock crawlers 15<br />

Plecoptera stoneflies 2 000<br />

Embiodea web spinners 500<br />

Zoraptera 32<br />

Phasmatodea stick insects, leaf insects 3 000<br />

Orthoptera crickets, grasshoppers 20 000<br />

Mantodea mantises 1 800<br />

Blattaria cockroaches 4 000<br />

Isoptera termites 2 900

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