Neoptera

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Neopterans

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera Martynov, 1923

Orders

Blattodea (cockroaches)
Mantodea (mantids)
Isoptera (termites)
Zoraptera
Grylloblattodea (rock crawlers)
Dermaptera (earwigs)
Plecoptera (stoneflies)
Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc.)
Phasmatodea (walking sticks, timemas)
Embioptera (webspinners)
Mantophasmatodea (gladiators)
Superorder Exopterygota
- Psocoptera (booklice, barklice)
- Phthiraptera (lice)
- Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Thysanoptera (thrips)
Superorder Endopterygota
- Miomoptera - extinct
- Megaloptera (alderflies, etc.)
- Raphidioptera (snakeflies)
- Neuroptera (net-veined insects)
- Coleoptera (beetles)
- Strepsiptera (twisted-winged parasites)
- Mecoptera (scorpionflies, etc.)
- Siphonaptera (fleas)
- Protodiptera extinct
- Diptera (true flies)
- Trichoptera (caddisflies)
- Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)
- Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, etc.)

Neoptera is a classification group that includes almost all the winged insects, specifically those that can flex their wings over their abdomens. This was in contrast with the more ancient orders of winged insects (such as Paleoptera), which are unable to flex their wings in this way.

ITIS treats Neoptera as a superorder; other authorities treat it, as here, as an infraclass, and recognise several superorders within it.

The insect orders (non-extinct) currently recognised within the neopteran group include the following:

Grylloblattodea -- rock crawlers.

Mantophasmatodea -- gladiators.

Phasmida -- walking sticks.

Orthoptera -- grasshoppers and crickets.

Mantodea -- mantids.

Blattodea -- cockroaches.

Isoptera -- termites.

Dermaptera -- earwigs.

Embioptera -- webspinners.

Plecoptera -- stoneflies.