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Taxon: Superorder Holometabola (insect)
Classification by:

living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
           Subphylum Uniramia Snodgrass, 1935 see Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848
             Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
               Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
                 Infraclass Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - modern, wing-folding insects see Division Neoptera Martynov, 1923
                   Superorder Holometabola - holometabolans see Subdivision Endopterygota Sharp, 1899
                     1 Order Neuroptera Linnaeus, 1758 - lacewings
                     2 Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - beetles
                     3 Order Strepsiptera Kirby, 1813 - twisted-wing insects
                     4 Order Mecoptera Packard, 1886 - scorpion flies
                     5 Order Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 - fleas
                     6 Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 - true flies, mosquitoes, gnats
                     7 Order Trichoptera Kirby, 1813 - caddisflies
                     8 Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies, moths
                     9 Order Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - ants, bees, and wasps

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