Insecta

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Allotriocarida
Classis: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladi:
Monocondylia (Subclassis) –
Dicondylia
Familiae incertae sedis:
†Boltonocostidae
Overview of ordines
Archaeognatha –
Blattodea –
Coleoptera –
Dermaptera –
Diptera –
Embiidina –
Ephemeroptera –
Hemiptera –
Hymenoptera –
Lepidoptera –
Mantodea –
"Mecoptera" –
Megaloptera –
Neuroptera –
Notoptera –
Odonata –
Orthoptera –
Phasmatodea –
Plecoptera –
Psocodea –
Raphidioptera –
Siphonaptera –
Strepsiptera –
Thysanoptera –
Trichoptera –
Zoraptera –
Zygentoma –
†Permopsocida –
†Skleroptera
Name
Insecta Linnaeus, 1758: 13, 339.
References
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Vernacular names
Alemannisch: Insekte
aragonés: Inseuto
العربية: حشرة
asturianu: Inseutu
অসমীয়া: পতংগ
azərbaycanca: Həşəratlar, Cücülər
башҡортса: Бөжәктәр
беларуская: Насякомыя
български: Насекоми
brezhoneg: Amprevan
bosanski: Insekti
буряад: Хорхой шумуул
català: Insecte
нохчийн: Сагалмат
čeština: Hmyz
чӑвашла: Хурт-кăпшанкă
Cymraeg: Pryf
dansk: Insekter
Deutsch: Insekten
Ελληνικά: Έντομα
English: insects
Esperanto: Insekto
español: Insecto
eesti: Putukad
võro: Mutuk
suomi: Hyönteiset
føroyskt: Skordýr
Nordfriisk: Insekten
français: Insectes
Frysk: Ynsekten
Gaeilge: Feithid
Gàidhlig: Meanbh-fhrìdean
galego: Insectos
עברית: חרקים
hrvatski: Kukci
magyar: Rovarok
հայերեն: Միջատներ
Bahasa Indonesia: Serangga
Ilokano: Agay-ayam
Ido: Insekto
íslenska: Skordyr
italiano: Insetti
日本語: 昆虫綱 (こんちゅうこう)
ქართული: მწერები
қазақша: Жәндіктер, шыбын-шіркейлер
한국어: 곤충강
kurdî: Mêş û mûr, buxik, buhik
kernowek: Hweskeren
кыргызча: Курт-кумурска
лакку: Ущущулгъи
Lëtzebuergesch: Insekten
Līvõ kēļ: Kukkizt
Limburgs: Insekte
lietuvių: Vabzdys
latviešu: Kukaiņi
македонски: Инсекти
монгол: Шавж
кырык мары: Капшангы
Bahasa Melayu: Serangga
Napulitano: Inzetto
Nedersaksies: Insektn
Plattdüütsch: Insekten
Nederlands: Insecten
norsk: Insekter
ирон: Сасчытæ
polski: Owady
português: Inseto
Runa Simi: Palama, Palamaku, Insiktu
română: Insecte
русский: Насекомые
саха тыла: Үөн-көйүүр
sicilianu: Nzettu
Scots: Insects
sardu: Babbalottus
davvisámegiella: Boatkkahasat
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Insekti, kukci
slovenčina: Hmyz
slovenščina: Žuželke
shqip: Insekti
српски / srpski: Инсекти
Seeltersk: Insekte
svenska: Insekter
Kiswahili: Wadudu
தமிழ்: பூச்சி
тоҷикӣ: Ҳашарот
ไทย: แมลง
Tagalog: Kulisap, Insekto
lea faka-Tonga: ʻinisēkite
Türkçe: Böcek
татарча / tatarça: Бөҗәкләр
українська: Комахи
oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Hasharotlar
vèneto: Bai, Baùti
vepsän kel’: Gavedid
Tiếng Việt: Côn trùng
West-Vlams: Insektn
中文: 昆蟲綱
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