After “The Tree of Life”, Wheeler, W. C., Whiting, Wheeler, Q. D. & Carpenter, 2001, and Grimaldi & Engel, 2005

Alternative phylogeny after Terry & Whiting, 2005

<==o Neoptera (Neopterous insects = bugs, beetles, wasps, moths, flies, etc.)
   |?- †Permarrhamphus venosus Martynov, 1931 [Permarrhamphidae Martynov, 1931]
   |--o Polyneoptera Martynov, 1938 [Orthopterodea]
   |  |==Paraplecoptera
   |  |--+?- †Paoliida Handlirsch, 1906 sensu Prokop, Krzeminski, Krzeminska & Wojciechowski, 2012 [Protoptera Sharov, 1966]
   |  |  `-- Dictyoptera Leach [incl. Blattaria, Isoptera, and Mantodea] (cockroaches, termites, mantids; torakat, termiitit, rukoilijasirkat)
   |  `==o †Protorthoptera Handlirsch [paraphyletic assemblage of basal Polyneopterans]
   |     |?-o †Blattinopsidae Bolton 1925 [Oryctoblattina Scudder 1879]
   |     |  `--o †Glaphyrophlebia Handlirsch 1906 [Pursa Sellards, 1909; Sindon Sellards, 1909]
   |     |     |-- †G. speciosa (Sellards, 1909) [Sindon
   |     |     `-- †G. ovata (Sellards, 1909) [Pursa]
   |     |?-o †Chelopteridae Carpenter 1950
   |     |  `-- †Chelopterum peregrinum Carpenter 1950
   |     |?-o †Phenopteridae Carpenter, 1950
   |     |  `--o †Phenopterum Carpenter, 1950 [nom. subst. pro. Lepium Sellards, 1909]
   |     |     `-- †P. elongatum (Sellards, 1909) [Lepium reticulatum Sellards 1909; Lepium sellardsi Handlirsch 1919]
   |     |?-o †Raaschiidae Beckemeyer 2004
   |     |  `-- †Raaschia oklahomensis Beckemeyer 2004
   |     |?-o †Stereopteridae Carpenter 1950
   |     |  `-- †Stereopterum rotundum Carpenter 1950
   |     |?-o †Protembiidae Tillyard, 1937 [Protembiaria Tillyard, 1937; Proembioptera Davis, 1940b]
   |     |  `-- †Protembia permiana Tillyard, 1937; L.Per,. SWNAm.
   |     |?- †Sheimiodea Martynova, 1958; U.Perm. NAs.
   |     `--o Anartioptera Engel
   |        |--o Polyplecoptera Arillo & Engel, 2006
   |        |  `--o Plecopterida Boudreaux
   |        |     |?=Permoplecopera Martynov
   |        |     |-- Plecoptera Burmeister [incl. †Protoperlaria] (stoneflies; koskikorennot)
   |        |     `--o Mystroptera Engel
   |        |        |-- Embiodea Kusnezov, 1903 [taxonomic history] (web-spinners; kehruujalkaiset)
   |        |        `-- Zoraptera Silvestri (sorotäit)
   |        `--o Polyorthoptera Engel & Grimaldi
   |           |?-o Dermopterida Boureaux
   |           |  |==Protelytroptera Tillyard
   |           |  `-- Dermaptera de Geer, 1773 (earwigs; pihtihäntäiset)
   |           |?-o †Chresmoda Germar, 1839 [Chresmodidae]
   |           |  |?- ?†C. oweni
   |           |  |-- †C. propygolampis J.V. Deichmüller, 1886
   |           |  |-- †C. obscura Germar, 1839
   |           |  |-- †C. libanica Nel, Azar, Martínez-Delclós & Makhoul, 2004
   |           |  `-- †C. aquatica
   |           `--o Orthopterida Boureaux
   |              |-- Notopterodea Arillo & Engel, 2006 [incl. Grylloblattodea and Mantophasmatodea] (crawlers)
   |              `--o Panorthoptera Crampton, 1928 sensu  Béthoux & Nel, 2002
   |                 |?-o †Glosselytrodea Martynov sensu Arillo & Engel, 2006 [Holometabola incertae sedis (Grimaldi & Engel, 2005)]
   |                 |  |-- †Archoglossopteridae
   |                 |  |-- †Glosselytridae
   |                 |  |-- †Glossopteridae
   |                 |  |-- †Jurinidae
   |                 |  |-- †Polycytellidae
   |                 |  `-- †Uskatelytridae
   |                 |--o Holophasmatodea Grimaldi & Engel
   |                 |  |==Aeroplanoptera
   |                 |  `-- Phasmatodea [Phasmida] (walking sticks and leaf insects; kummitussirkat, sauvasirkat)
   |                 `--o Archaeorthoptera Béthoux & Nel, 2002
   |                    |-- †Protophasma Brongniart, 1885
   |                    `--+?- †Omalia macroptera Van Beneden & Coemans, 1867
   |                       |?- †Coselia palmiformis Bolton, 1922
   |                       |?- †Palaeomastax carbonis Handlirsch, 1904
   |                       |?- †Omaliella ramosa
   |                       |?- †Ctenoptilus elongatus (Brongniart, 1893)
   |                       |?- †Nacekomia rossae Richardson, 1956
   |                       |?- †Lipogramma sinuosa Béthoux, Nel & Lapeyrie 2004
   |                       |?-o †“Eoblattida”
   |                       |  `--o †Eoblattidae Handlirsch, 1906b
   |                       |     |-- †Anegertus cubitalis Handlirsch, 1911
   |                       |     |-- †Eoblatta robusta (Brongniart, 1885) Handlirsch, 1906b
   |                       |     |--o †Neraphidia Aristov, 2004
   |                       |     |  |-- †N. mitis Aristov, 2004
   |                       |     |  `-- †N. rigida Aristov, 2004
   |                       |     |?- †Stenoneura Brongniart, 1893
   |                       |     |?- †Ctenoptilus Lameere, 1917
   |                       |     |?- †Nectoptilus Béthoux, 2005
   |                       |     |?- †Lobeatta Béthoux, 2005
   |                       |     `?- †Sinopteron Prokop & Ren, 2007
   |                       |--o †Cnemidolestodea Handlirsch, 1937
   |                       |  `--o †Cnemidolestidae Handlirsch, 1906
   |                       |     |-- †Aetophlebia Scudder, 1885
   |                       |     |-- †Amphiboliacridites Langiaux & Parriat, 1974
   |                       |     |-- †Bouleites latipennis Lameere, 1917
   |                       |     |-- †Cnemidolestes woodwardi (Brongniart, 1893) Handlirsch, 1906
   |                       |     |--o †Ischnoneura Brongniart, 1893;
   |                       |     |  |-- †Ischnoptera diaphanes
   |                       |     |  `-- †Ischnoneura oustaleti (Brongniart, 1885)
   |                       |     |-- †Narkema taeniatum Handlirsch, 1911 [Narkemidae Handlirsch, 1911]
   |                       |     |-- †Narkemina Martynov, 1930
   |                       |     |-- †Narkeminospis eddi Whalley, 1979
   |                       |     |-- †Paranarkemina Pinto & Pinto de Ornellas, 1980
   |                       |     |--o †Protodiamphipnoa Brongniart, 1885
   |                       |     |  |-- †P. tertrini Brongniart, 1885
   |                       |     |  `-- †P. gaudryi (Brongniart, 1885)
   |                       |     `-- †Xixia huban Gu, Béthoux & Ren, 2014
   |                       `--o Panorthoptera Crampton, 1928 sensu  Béthoux, 2005
   |                          |-- †Caloneurodea Handlirsch, 1937
   |                          `--o Orthoptera Olivier, 1789 sensu Béthoux & Nel, 2002
   |                             |-- Orthoptera Olivier, 1789 (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, etc.; suorasiipiset)
   |                             `--+-- †Titanoptera Sharov, 1968
   |                                `--o †Geraridae Scudder, 1885
   |                                   |--o †Gerarus Scudder, 1885 [Sthenaropoda Brongniart, 1885]
   |                                   |  |-- †G. vetus Scudder, 1885
   |                                   |  |-- †G. bruesi (Meunier, 1909) Burnham, 1983 [Archaeacridites bruesi Meunier, 1909; Sthenaropoda bruesi Handlirsch, 1919; Archaeacridites bruesi ñ Vignon, 1929; Gerarus bruesi Burnham, 1983; Gerarus bruesi Kukalová-Peck & Brauckmann, 1992; Gerarus bruesi Carpenter, 1992]
   |                                   |  |-- †G. fisheri (Brongniart, 1885) Burnham, 1983
   |                                   |  |-- †G. collaris Handlirsch, 1906
   |                                   |  `-- †G. danielsi Handlirsch, 1906 [G. latus]
   |                                   `-- †Osnogerarus trecwithiensis Kukalová-Peck & Brauckmann, 1992
   `--o Eumetabola
      |?- †Miomoptera
      |-- Holometabola [Endopterygota] (metamorphosing insects i.e. beetles, wasps, moths, flies, etc.; muodonvaihtajat)
      `--o Paraneoptera [Hemipterodea] (bugs, thrips, lice)
         |?=o †Permopsocida
         |  |--o †Psocidiidae Tillyard, 1926 [incl. Dichenotomidae Carpenter, 1932]
         |  |  `--o Dichentomum Tillyard, 1926 [Psocidium Tillyard, 1926; Chaetopsocidium Tillyard, 1926; Metapsocidium Tillyard, 1926; Pentapsocidium Tillyard, 1926; Permentomum Tillyard, 1926; Parapsocidium Zallesky, 1937]
         |  |     `-- †D. tinctum Tillyard, 1926 [D. complexum Carpenter, 1926; Psocidium permianum Tillyard, 1926; P. abnormale Tillyard, 1926; P. robustum Tillyard, 1926; P. kansasense Tillyard, 1926; Chaetopsocidium sellardsi Tillyard, 1926; Metopsocidium loxoneurum Tillyard, 1926; Pentapsocidium indistinctum Tillyard, 1926; Permentomum tenuiforme Tillyard, 1926]
         |  `-- †Permopsocidae
         |?- †Archipsyllidae
         `--+--o Condylognatha
            |  |-- Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 [incl. Homoptera & Heteroptera] (bugs, cicadas, whiteflies, aphids, etc.; nivelkärsäiset)
            |  `-- Thysanoptera Haliday, 1836 [incl. †Lophioneurida Tillyard, 1921] (thrips; ripsiäiset)
            `--o Psocodea
               |== Psocoptera (book lice; jäytiäiset) [paraphyletic]
               `-- Phthiraptera (lice; luteet)

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