Species list, Checklist of Superorder Polyneoptera for North America (America)

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Checklist for Superorder Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923
and region North America (America)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	1156 31409 217039	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	1150 31356 216933	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	1053 30832 214432	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Polyneoptera Martynov, 1923	196 1726 6404	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for North America
196 Families width 6404 Species and 438 Subspecies

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Acanthopidae Burmeister, 1838		17	Species	Taxom
Acmaeoblattidae Durden, 1969		3	Species	Taxom
Acrididae MacLeay, 1819	Grasshoppers and locusts	1446	Species	Taxom
Adeloblattidae Durden, 1969		4	Species	Taxom
Adeloneuridae Carpenter, 1938		1	Species	Taxom
Aerophasmidae Martynov, 1928		1	Species	Taxom
Agathemeridae Bradler, 2003		2	Species	Taxom
Ambermantidae Grimaldi, 2003		1	Species	Taxom
Ambloblattidae Durden, 1969		1	Species	Taxom
Amboneuridae Carpenter, 1980		1	Species	Taxom
Amorphoscelidae Stål, 1877		2	Species	Taxom
Anelcanidae Carpenter, 1986		2	Species	Taxom
Anisembiidae Davis, 1940		44	Species	Taxom
Anisolabididae Verhoeff, 1902		8	Species	Taxom
Anomalogrammatidae Carpenter, 1943		1	Species	Taxom
Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859	Wetas & King Crickets	29	Species	Taxom
Antemylacridae Durden, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Anthracoblattinidae Durden, 1969		9	Species	Taxom
Anthracoptilidae Handlirsch, 1922		1	Species	Taxom
Anthracothremmidae Handlirsch, 1906		2	Species	Taxom
Apithanidae Handlirsch, 1911		1	Species	Taxom
Apsidoneuridae Carpenter, 1961		1	Species	Taxom
Archembiidae Ross, 2001		6	Species	Taxom
Archimylacridae Handlirsch, 1906		88	Species	Taxom
Archoblattinidae (Schneider, 1983)		1	Species	Taxom
Archotermopsidae Engel, Grima..., 2009	Rottenwood Termites	1	Species	Taxom
Aschiphasmatidae Brunner von ..., 1893		3	Species	Taxom
Bacillidae Brunner von ..., 1893	Bacillid Stick Insects	2	Species	Taxom
Bacunculidae (Brunner, 1893)		1	Species	Taxom
Baissogryllidae Gorochov, 1985		1	Species	Taxom
Bintoniellidae Handlirsch, 1937		0	Species	Taxom
Blaberidae Saussure, 1864	Blaberids	84	Species	Taxom
Blattellidae (Karny, 1908)	German Cockroach	88	Species	Taxom
Blattidae Stephens, 1829	American cockroaches	40	Species	Taxom
Blattulidae Vishnyokova, 1982		3	Species	Taxom
Bradyblattidae Durden, 1969		64	Species	Taxom
Cacurgidae Handlirsch, 1911		3	Species	Taxom
Caloneuridae Handlirsch, 1906		6	Species	Taxom
Capniidae Klapálek, 1905	Capniid winter stoneflies	209	Species	Taxom
Carcinophoridae Hincks, 1954		14	Species	Taxom
Cheliphlebidae Handlirsch, 1911		4	Species	Taxom
Chelisochidae Burr, 1907	Black earwig	3	Species	Taxom
Chloroperlidae Okamoto, 1912	Green stoneflies	150	Species	Taxom
Chorotypidae Stål, 1873		1	Species	Taxom
Clothodidae Tillyard, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Cnemidolestidae Handlirsch, 1906		3	Species	Taxom
Cobaloblattidae Durden, 1969		1	Species	Taxom
Corydiidae de Saussure, 1864	Sand cockroaches	65	Species	Taxom
Cryptocercidae Handlirsch, 1925	Brown-hooded cockroaches	5	Species	Taxom
Dericorythidae Jacobson & B..., 1902		1	Species	Taxom
Dermopteridae		1	Species	Taxom
Diamphipnoidae Ricker, 1950		1	Species	Taxom
Diapheromeridae Rehn & Hebard, 1909	Diapheromerid Stick Insects	89	Species	Taxom
Dinoblattidae Durden, 1969		3	Species	Taxom
Diplatyidae (Verhoeff, 1902)		3	Species	Taxom
Ectobiidae (Brunner von ..., 1865)	Wood cockroaches	28	Species	Taxom
Elcanidae Handlirsch, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Elytroneuridae Carpenter, 1933		1	Species	Taxom
Embiidae Burmeister, 1839		3	Species	Taxom
Eneopteridae (Saussure, 1893)	Bush cricket	34	Species	Taxom
Eoblattidae Handlirsch, 1906		2	Species	Taxom
Episactidae Burr, 1899		14	Species	Taxom
Eucaenidae Handlirsch, 1906		5	Species	Taxom
Eumastacidae Burr, 1898	Matchstick grasshoppers	24	Species	Taxom
Eustheniidae Tillyard, 1921		1	Species	Taxom
Euxenoperlidae Riek, 1976		1	Species	Taxom
Forficulidae Stephens, 1829	Common Earwig	33	Species	Taxom
Gerapompidae Handlirsch, 1906		4	Species	Taxom
Geraridae Scudder, 1885		11	Species	Taxom
Gripopterygidae Enderlein, 1909		15	Species	Taxom
Gryllacrididae Blanchard, 1845	Camel Crickets	23	Species	Taxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878	Crickets	94	Species	Taxom
Grylloblattidae E. M. Walker, 1914	Grylloblattids	16	Species	Taxom
Gryllotalpidae Saussure, 1870	Mole cricket	27	Species	Taxom
Gyroblattidae Durden, 1969		6	Species	Taxom
Hadentomidae Handlirsch, 1906		2	Species	Taxom
Haglidae Handlirsch, 1906	Hump-winged cricket	5	Species	Taxom
Hapalopteridae Handlirsch, 1906		7	Species	Taxom
Hemimylacridae Waterlot, 1934		10	Species	Taxom
Herdinidae Carpenter & ..., 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Heteronemiidae Rehn, J. A. G., 1904		11	Species	Taxom
Heteroptilidae Carpenter, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919	Flower mimic mantises	8	Species	Taxom
Idelinellidae Storozhenko, 1997		1	Species	Taxom
Idiomylacridae Handlirsch, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Ischnoneuridae Handlirsch, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Jantarimantidae Vrsansky, 2002		1	Species	Taxom
Kalotermitidae Froggatt, 1897	Dampwood termites	60	Species	Taxom
Krausichnidae Genise, 2004		0	Species	Taxom
Labiduridae Verhoeff, 1902	Long-horned earwig	11	Species	Taxom
Labiidae (Burr, 1909)	Little earwig	22	Species	Taxom
Leuctridae Klapálek, 1905	Needle Or Willow Stoneflies	104	Species	Taxom
Liturgusidae Giglio-Tos, 1919		9	Species	Taxom
Locustopsidae Handlirsch, 1906		6	Species	Taxom
Lygobiidae Mitchell, 1908		1	Species	Taxom
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838	Mantids	90	Species	Taxom
Mantoididae Giglio-Tos, 1927		3	Species	Taxom
Mastotermitidae Desneux, 1904		3	Species	Taxom
Megelytridae Carpenter, 1933		1	Species	Taxom
Melinophlebiidae Durden, 1969		2	Species	Taxom
Mesoblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906		3	Species	Taxom
Mogoplistidae Saussure, 1877	Scaly cricket	40	Species	Taxom
Morabidae Rehn, 1948		3	Species	Taxom
Mylacridae Scudder, 1886		47	Species	Taxom
Myrmecophilidae Saussure, 1874	Ant cricket	10	Species	Taxom
Narkemidae Handlirsch, 1911		2	Species	Taxom
Necymylacridae Durden, 1969		5	Species	Taxom
Nemouridae Newman, 1853	Brown stoneflies	136	Species	Taxom
Neorthroblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906		3	Species	Taxom
Nocticolidae Bolivar, 1892	Australian cockroaches	14	Species	Taxom
Nocticolinae		2	Species	Taxom
Nugonioneuridae Carpenter, 1976		1	Species	Taxom
Oecanthidae (Blanchard, 1845)	Tree cricket	38	Species	Taxom
Oedischiidae Handlirsch, 1906		3	Species	Taxom
Oligotomidae Enderlein, 1909		6	Species	Taxom
Ommexechidae Bolivar, 1884		4	Species	Taxom
Orthomylacridae see Durden, 1969		44	Species	Taxom
Palaeoblattidae Cockerell, 1927		1	Species	Taxom
Paleoblattidae Scudder, 1879		18	Species	Taxom
Paleuthygrammatidae Carpenter, 1943		2	Species	Taxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840	Toad grasshopper	8	Species	Taxom
Paragryllidae (Desutter-Gra..., 1987)		11	Species	Taxom
Parmapteridae Aristov & Ra..., 2015		1	Species	Taxom
Peltoperlidae Claassen, 1931	Roach stoneflies	32	Species	Taxom
Perlidae (Latreille, 1802)	Common stoneflies	250	Species	Taxom
Perlodidae Klapálek, 1912	Perlodid stoneflies	221	Species	Taxom
Permelcanidae Sharov, 1962		2	Species	Taxom
Permoraphidiidae Tillyard, 1932		2	Species	Taxom
Petrablattinidae Durden, 1969		10	Species	Taxom
Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949)	Spider cricket	71	Species	Taxom
Phasmatidae Roberts, 1944	Walking sticks	34	Species	Taxom
Phasmomimidae Sharov, 1968		4	Species	Taxom
Phenopteridae Carpenter, 1950		1	Species	Taxom
Phoberoblattidae Durden, 1969		9	Species	Taxom
Phylliidae Redtenbacher, 1906	Leaf insects	0	Species	Taxom
Phyloblattidae Schneider, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Podoscirtidae Saussure, 1878		60	Species	Taxom
Ponopterixidae Nel & al., 2014		2	Species	Taxom
Poroblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906		12	Species	Taxom
Prisopodidae Brunner von ..., 1893		3	Species	Taxom
Probnidae Sellards, 1909		2	Species	Taxom
Promastacidae Kevan & Wighton, 1981		2	Species	Taxom
Prophalangopsidae Saussure, 1878	Grigs	7	Species	Taxom
Proscopiidae Serville, 1838	Jumping sticks	16	Species	Taxom
Protembiidae Tillyard, 1937		3	Species	Taxom
Protophasmatidae Brongniart, 1885		1	Species	Taxom
Protophasmidae (Scudder, 1885)		1	Species	Taxom
Pruvostitidae Zalessky, 1929		4	Species	Taxom
Prygidae Aristov & Ra..., 2014		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudophasmatidae Kirby, 1896	Striped Walkingsticks	24	Species	Taxom
Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 1929		90	Species	Taxom
Psoropteridae Carpenter, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Pteridomylacridae Handlirsch, 1906		2	Species	Taxom
Pteronarcyidae Enderlein, 1909	Giant stoneflies	16	Species	Taxom
Pygidicranidae (Verhoeff, 1902)		3	Species	Taxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874	Bushlocusts	44	Species	Taxom
Raphidiomimidae Vishniakova, 1973		0	Species	Taxom
Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869	And Cave Weta	200	Species	Taxom
Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897	Subterranean termites	44	Species	Taxom
Ripipterygidae Ander, 1939	Mud crickets	9	Species	Taxom
Romaleidae Brunner von ..., 1893	Lubber grasshopper	71	Species	Taxom
Schizoblattidae Durden, 1969		15	Species	Taxom
Siberioperlidae Sinitshenkova, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Sojanoraphidiidae Martynova, 1952		1	Species	Taxom
Spanioderidae Handlirsch, 1906		9	Species	Taxom
Spiloblattinidae Handlirsch, 1906		50	Species	Taxom
Spiralizoridae Kocarek, Ho..., 2020		2	Species	Taxom
Spongiphoridae Verhoeff, 1902	Little Earwigs	6	Species	Taxom
Stenopelmatidae Burmeister, 1838	Bulldog Raspy Crickets	31	Species	Taxom
Stereopteridae Carpenter, 1950		3	Species	Taxom
Strephocladidae Martynov, 1938		1	Species	Taxom
Styloperlidae Illies, 1966		2	Species	Taxom
Susumaniidae Gorochov, 1988		1	Species	Taxom
Sylvabestiidae Aristov, 2000		1	Species	Taxom
Taeniopterygidae Klapálek, 1905	Taeniopterygid winter stoneflies	52	Species	Taxom
Tanaoceridae Rehn, 1948	Desert Long-horned Grasshoppers	4	Species	Taxom
Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 1930		1	Species	Taxom
Teneopteridae (Richardson, 1956)		1	Species	Taxom
Teratembiidae Krauss, 1911		14	Species	Taxom
Termitidae Latreille, 1802	Higher termites	71	Species	Taxom
Termopsidae Grassé, 1949	Damp wood termite	6	Species	Taxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838	Groundhoppers	112	Species	Taxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902	Bush crickets	898	Species	Taxom
Thericleidae Burr, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 1919		17	Species	Taxom
Thueringoedischiidae Zessin, 1997		1	Species	Taxom
Timematidae Caudell, 1903	Timemas	27	Species	Taxom
Tococladidae Carpenter, 1966		3	Species	Taxom
Triassoblattidae Durden, 1969		2	Species	Taxom
Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874	Pygmy mole cricket	20	Species	Taxom
Trigonidiidae (Saussure, 1870)	And Ground Crickets	102	Species	Taxom
Tristiridae Rehn, 1906		4	Species	Taxom
Vitimiidae Sharov, 1968		0	Species	Taxom
Xenoblattidae Durden, 1969		5	Species	Taxom
Xyronotidae Bolivar, 1909	Razor-backed bush-hoppers	4	Species	Taxom
Zorotypidae Silvestri, 1913	Angel insects	5	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Polyneoptera with occurrences in North America

Order	Blattodea Latreille, 1810 Cockroach, Cockroaches, Cockroaches and Termites, Cockroachs, Termites	44 269 905	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Caloneurodea ♰ Martynov, 1938	5 8 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Cnemidolestodea ♰ Handlirsch, 1937	7 10 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Dermaptera De Geer, 1773 Dermapterans, Earwig, Earwigs, Pincerbugs	10 48 104	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Embioptera Lameere, 1900 Foot spinners, Web spinners, Web-spinners, Webspinners	6 18 74	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Eoblattida ♰ Handlirsch, 1906	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Order	Grylloblattodea Brues & Melander, 1915 Grylloblattids, Ice bugs, ice crawler, Ice crawlers, Ice Insects, Ice-crawlers, Rock crawlers	2 2 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Holopandictyoptera Kluge, 2010	10 27 116	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Mantodea Burmeister, 1838 Mantes, Mantids, Mantis, Mantises, Praying Mantids, Praying mantis, Praying Mantises, The mantes, The mantises	10 66 149	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Orthoptera Latreille, 1793 Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas	49 957 3512	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Orthopterida Boudreaux, 1979	1 7 11	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Phasmida Jacobson & Bianchi, 1902 Leaf and Stick Insects, leaf insects, Phasmids, stick insect, Stick Insects, walking sticks, Walkingsticks	13 87 198	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Plecoptera Burmeister, 1839 Stoneflies, Stoneflies Plecoptera, Stonefly	15 178 1227	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Protorthoptera ♰ Handlirsch, 1906	21 45 60	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Zoraptera Silvestri, 1913 Angel insects, Zorapterans	2 3 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

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