Endopterygota
(bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
COLEOPTERA
beetles
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 		Order 616 subtaxa 4,279 images 781 ident. refs
DIPTERA
two-winged flies
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Order 1,008 subtaxa 12,003 images 817 ident. refs
HYMENOPTERA
ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Order 1,333 subtaxa 20,126 images 1,673 ident. refs
LEPIDOPTERA
butterflies and moths
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 		Order 764 subtaxa 7,517 images 469 ident. refs
MECOPTERA
scorpion flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Order 4 subtaxa 31 images 5 ident. refs
MEGALOPTERA
alderflies
Order 2 subtaxa 11 images 7 ident. refs
SIALIDAE
alder flies
Family 2 subtaxa 11 images
Sialis
alderflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 11 images
NEUROPTERA
lacewings
Female (Click to open)
 		Order 20 subtaxa 114 images 12 ident. refs
RAPHIDIOPTERA
snake flies
Order 3 subtaxa 28 images 2 ident. refs
RAPHIDIIDAE
a family of snakeflies
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 		Family 3 subtaxa 28 images
SIPHONAPTERA
fleas
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 		Order 9 subtaxa 158 images 6 ident. refs
STREPSIPTERA
stylopids
Order 1 subtaxa 7 images 4 ident. refs
ELENCHIDAE
a family of stylopids
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 1 subtaxa 7 images
TRICHOPTERA
caddis flies, caddisflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Order 21 subtaxa 462 images 12 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13,528 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)

These are the most highly-evolved groups of insects.

They have wingless juvenile forms (larvae, eg maggots, catepillars) which look very different from the adults. Development from the juvenile to the adult form (metamorphosis) includes a comparatively featureless intermediate stage (the pupa). The internal body structure of the juvenile is largely broken down in the pupa before being rebuilt to form the adult insect.

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