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The World of Minibeasts

List of Classes

Below is a list of classes and orders within the phylum Arthropoda. The only orders listed are those on which information is available on this web site. If you follow the   links on the list you will reach the species pages on the web site via a taxonomic hierarchy. Please note that we are continually adding new taxa to the lists.

 

Class 

Order

Arachnida (Spiders, mites, scorpions etc.)  Araneae (Spiders)  

 

Class 

Order

Insecta (Insects) Coleoptera (Beetles)
  Diptera (Two-winged flies, True Flies) 
  Heteroptera (True Bugs)
  Hymenoptera (Bees, wasps, ants etc.) 
  Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
  Saltatoria (Grasshoppers and Crickets)

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Text by Maria Pfeifer