Endopterygota
(bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)

Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
COLEOPTERA
beetles
Order 1,603 subtaxa 4,884 trophisms 977 references
DIPTERA
two-winged flies
Order 1,458 subtaxa 4,140 trophisms 1,150 references
HYMENOPTERA
ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps
Order 1,908 subtaxa 3,231 trophisms 2,209 references
LEPIDOPTERA
butterflies and moths
Order 556 subtaxa 1,210 trophisms 591 references
MECOPTERA
scorpion flies
Order 6 references
MEGALOPTERA
alderflies
Order 7 references
NEUROPTERA
lacewings
Order 1 subtaxa 7 trophisms 14 references
RAPHIDIOPTERA
snake flies
Order 4 references
SIPHONAPTERA
fleas
Order 16 subtaxa 48 trophisms 9 references
STREPSIPTERA
stylopids
Order 1 subtaxa 5 references
TRICHOPTERA
caddis flies, caddisflies
Order 5 subtaxa 8 trophisms 22 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 44,736 images of Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)

These are the most highly-evolved groups of insects.

They have wingless juvenile forms (larvae, eg maggots, catepillars) which look very different from the adults. Development from the juvenile to the adult form (metamorphosis) includes a comparatively featureless intermediate stage (the pupa). The internal body structure of the juvenile is largely broken down in the pupa before being rebuilt to form the adult insect.

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