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Archaeorthoptera
The cohort Polyneoptera 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. These winged insects, now in the Paraneoptera, were formerly grouped as the Hemimetabola or Exopterygota on the grounds that they have no metamorphosis, the wings gradually developing externally throughout the nymphal stages. Taxonomy The ''Polyneoptera Species File'' lists the following: Superorder Dermapterida * †Protelytroptera Superorder Dictyoptera * Blattodea – cockroaches and termites * Mantodea – praying mantises Superorder Orthopterida Synonyms include: Archaeorthoptera, Gryllidea, Orthopterodea, Orthopterodida, Orthopteroidea, Panorthoptera * †Caloneurodea * † Geraroptera * Orthoptera – 2 extant suborders: ** Caelifera – grasshoppers, groundhoppers, pygmy mole-crickets ** Ensifera – crickets, mole-crickets, katydids or bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chresmodidae
Chresmodidae is an extinct family of Mesozoic insects within the superorder Polyneoptera. Genera *'' Chresmoda'' Late Jurassic-Cenomanian, Worldwide *'' Jurachresmoda'' Zhang, Ren & Shih, 2008 Middle Jurassic, Jiulongshan Formation *'' Sinochresmoda'' Zhang, Ren & Pang, 2008 Early Cretaceous, Yixian Formation '' Prochresmoda'' from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan is not currently considered part of the group and is considered to be more closely related to '' Triassophasma'' and '' Palaeochresmoda''. Description ''Chresmodidae'' are large enigmatic insects with very long specialized legs, probably adapted for skating on the water surface, similar to extant water skaters. They can reach a size of about . and even . These Polyneoptera (partial syn Archaeorthoptera) of uncertain position have been considered aquatic, living on the water surface, probably predaceous on nektonic small animals.A. Nel, D. Azar, X. Martinez-Delclos and E. Makhoul A new Upper Cretaceous species of Chresmoda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ensifera
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers and their allies) make up the order Orthoptera. Ensifera is believed to be a more ancient group than Caelifera, with its origins in the Carboniferous period, the split having occurred at the end of the Permian period. Unlike the Caelifera, the Ensifera contain numerous members that are partially carnivorous, feeding on other insects, as well as plants. ''Ensifer'' is Latin for "sword bearer", and refers to the typically elongated and blade-like ovipositor of the females. Characteristics Characteristics shared by the two orthopteran suborders, Caelifera and Ensifera, are the mouthparts adapted for biting and chewing, the modified prothorax, the hind legs modified for jumping, the wing shape and venation, and the sound-producing stridu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caloneurodea
Caloneurodea is an extinct order of polyneopteran neopteran insects in the superorder Orthopterida. The Caloneurodea are known from fossils found in North America, Europe, Russia, and Asia and had a palegeographic range confined to Laurussia. Families and genera Order Caloneurodea * Amboneuridae ** '' Amboneura'' * Anomalogrammatidae ** '' Anomalogramma'' * Apsidoneuridae ** '' Apsidoneura'' ** '' Homaloptila'' ** '' Sinaspidoneura'' * Caloneuridae ** '' Caloneura'' ** '' Gigagramma'' ** '' Ligogramma'' * Euthygrammatidae ** '' Euthygramma'' * Paleuthygrammatidae ** '' Paleuthygramma'' ** ''Pseudogramma'' ** '' Vilvia'' ** '' Vilviopsis'' * Permobiellidae ** '' Permobiella'' ** '' Pseudobiella'' * Pleisiogrammmatidae ** '' Pleisiogramma'' * Synomaloptilidae ** '' Synomaloptilidae'' ** '' Caloneurella'' ** '' Pruvostiella'' * Family ''Incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orthopterida
The cohort Polyneoptera 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. These winged insects, now in the Paraneoptera, were formerly grouped as the Hemimetabola or Exopterygota on the grounds that they have no metamorphosis, the wings gradually developing externally throughout the nymphal stages. Taxonomy The ''Polyneoptera Species File'' lists the following: Superorder Dermapterida * †Protelytroptera Superorder Dictyoptera * Blattodea – cockroaches and termites * Mantodea – praying mantises Superorder Orthopterida Synonyms include: Archaeorthoptera, Gryllidea, Orthopterodea, Orthopterodida, Orthopteroidea, Panorthoptera * †Caloneurodea * † Geraroptera * Orthoptera – 2 extant suborders: ** Caelifera – grasshoppers, groundhoppers, pygmy mole-crickets ** Ensifera – crickets, mole-crickets, katydids or bush c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxonomic Rank
In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system consists of species, genus, family (biology), family, order (biology), order, class (biology), class, phylum (biology), phylum, kingdom (biology), kingdom, domain (biology), domain. While older approaches to taxonomic classification were phenomenological, forming groups on the basis of similarities in appearance, organic structure and behaviour, methods based on genetic analysis have opened the road to cladistics. A given rank subsumes under it less general categories, that is, more specific descriptions of life forms. Above it, each rank is classified within more general categories of organisms and groups of organisms related to each other through inheritance of phenotypic trait, traits or features from common ancestors. The rank of any ''species'' and the description of its ''genus'' is ''basic''; which means that to iden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
