ARTHROPOD DIVERSITY

Phylum Subphylum Class Order Drawing of representative
Arthropoda
(arthropods)		 Chelicerata
(chelicerates)		 Arachnida
(modern terrestrial chelicerates)		 Scorpiones
(scorpion)		 scorpion.jpg (25006 bytes)
Araneae
(spider)		 spider.jpg (21809 bytes)
Acari
(mites and ticks)		 no drawing available
Uniramia
(arthropods with uniramous appendages and mandibles)		 Insecta
(insects)		 Collembola
(springtail)		 springtail.jpg (8686 bytes)
Odonata
(dragon fly)		 dragonfly.jpg (21400 bytes)
Blattodea
(cockroach)		 cockroach.jpg (69201 bytes)
Isoptera
(termite)		 termite.jpg (32592 bytes)
Orthoptera
(grasshopper)		 grasshopper.jpg (44499 bytes)
Hemiptera
(stink bug)		 stinkbug.jpg (7626 bytes)
Homoptera
(cicada)		 cicada.jpg (21996 bytes)
Anoplura
(sucking louse)		 sucking_louse.jpg (13525 bytes)
Coleoptera
(ground beetle)		 ground beetle.jpg (7353 bytes)
Hymenoptera
(honey bee)		 honey_bee.jpg (6977 bytes)
Siphonaptera
(flea)		 flea.jpg (19408 bytes)
Diptera
(mosquito)		 mosquito.jpg (23482 bytes)
Lepidoptera
(butterfly)		 butterfly.jpg (35730 bytes)
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