The PEDIGREE of
Grandorder Dictyoptera (Cockroaches, Termites, & Mantises)

     (Isoptera is now treated as an Epifamily within Blattaria)

 "Child(ren)":       Order Blattaria (Cockroaches (& Termites))   ;   Mantodea (mantises : 2200 species)   ;   prob. not Isoptera (Termitoidae : termites : 4000 species)
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/-- Superphylum Planulozoa   +====> [ 72]
/-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- 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)
 


  ``1-Great Grandchildren:''       Genus Periplaneta (Waterbug, Cockroach)   ;   Epifamily Termitoidae (Termites)
 
  (poss.) ``6-Great Grandchild:''       Delicious cone-shaped mushroom
 

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