The PEDIGREE of
Order Isoptera (Termites)

 
     (termites are now known to have evolved from cockraches so are no longer considered a separate order, but this node is left as a placeholder)

 "Child(ren)":       Epifamily Termitoidae (Termites)
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/-- Branch Bilateria   +====> [ 74]
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa (Arthropods, Roundworms, etc.)
/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
/-- Phylum Arthropoda
/-- Subphylum Tetraconata
/   / or: Superclass Panhexapoda in Infraphylum Atelocerata
/-- Epiclass Hexapoda
/-- Class Insecta
/-- Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
/-- Infraclass Neoptera
/-- Superorder Exopterygota
/-- Clade of Dictyopteroids
/-- Grandorder Dictyoptera (Cockroaches, Termites, & Mantises)
/-- Order Blattaria (Cockroaches (& Termites))
/  
- Order Isoptera (Termites)
 

 
  (poss.) ``4-Great Grandchild:''       Delicious cone-shaped mushroom
 

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