Aquatic Invertebrates of Montana

Uniramia

Hexapoda

• Entognatha
  • Order Collembola- springtails
• Insecta
  • Paleoptera- wings cannot be flexed and folded over the abdomen
    • Order Ephemeroptera- mayflies
    • Order Odonata- dragonflies and damselflies
  • Neoptera- wings can be flexed and folded over the abdomen or secondarily lost.
    • Order Plecoptera- stoneflies
    • Order Orthoptera- semiaquatic crickets and grasshoppers
    • Order Hemiptera- bugs
    • Order Neuroptera (inc. Megaloptera)- spongillaflies,dobsonflies, fishflies and alderflies
    • Order Trichoptera- caddisflies
    • Order Lepidoptera- moths
    • Order Coleoptera- beetles
    • Order Diptera- flies
    • Order Hymenoptera- parasitic wasps with aquatic hosts

Updated on 17 NOV 1995 D.L. Gustafson
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