The PEDIGREE of
Class Insecta

     (Pterygota & Thysanura form Clade Dicondylia; 1 million living insect species altogether)

 "Child(ren)":       Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)   ;   Archaeognatha (bristletails)   ;   Thysanura (silverfish & firebrats)
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/-- Superempire Unikonta   +====> [ 53]
/-- Empire of Opisthokonts (Fungi & Animals)
/-- Superkingdom Holozoa
/-- Kingdom of Animals
/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates  (570 M BC)
/   | (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   | or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa
/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
/-- Phylum Arthropoda
/-- Subphylum Tetraconata
/   | or: Superclass Panhexapoda in Infraphylum Atelocerata
/-- Epiclass Hexapoda
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- Class Insecta
 

 
  ``1-Great Grandchildren:''       Order Odonata (Dragonflies & Damselflies)   ;   Superorder Exopterygota   ;   Superorder Endopterygota
 

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