What is Pterygota?
{{Taxobox | colour = rgb(220,220,183) | fossil_range= [[Upper Carboniferous]] to Recent, 320 mya {{ndash}} 0 | image = Gaint Honey Bee (Apis dorsata) on Tribulus terrestris W IMG 1020.jpg | image_caption = Giant Honey Bee ''[[Apis dorsata]]'' on ''Tribulus terrestris'' (order [[Hymenoptera]]) | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | superphylum = [[Ecdysozoa]] | unranked phylum = [[Tactopoda]] | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | unranked subphylum = [[Pancrustacea]] | unranked superclassis = [[Hexapoda]] | classis = [[Insecta]] | subclassis = '''Pterygota''' | authority = Lang, 1888 | subdivision_ranks = [[Extant]] [[Order (biology)|orders]] | subdivision = * '''Infraclass:''' [[Palaeoptera]] (probably paraphyletic) ** [[Ephemeroptera]] (mayflies) ** [[Odonata]] ([[dragonfly|dragonflies]] and [[damselfly|damselflies]]) *'''Infraclass:''' [[Neoptera]] : '''Superorder:''' [[Exopterygota]] :* [[Dermaptera]] (earwigs) :* [[Plecoptera]] (stoneflies) :* [[Orthoptera]] ([[grasshopper]]s, etc) :* [[Phasmatodea]] (walking sticks) :* [[Embioptera]] (webspinners) :* [[Zoraptera]] (angel insects) :* [[Grylloblattidae|Grylloblattodea]] (ice-crawlers) :* [[Mantophasmatidae|Mantophasmatodea]] (gladiators) :* [[Psocoptera]] (booklice, barklice) :* [[Thysanoptera]] (thrips) :* [[Phthiraptera]] ([[lice]]) :* [[Hemiptera]] (true [[Hemiptera|bugs]]) : '''Superorder:''' [[Endopterygota]] :* [[Hymenoptera]] ([[ant]]s, [[bee]]s, etc.) :* [[beetle|Coleoptera]] (beetles) :* [[Strepsiptera]] (twisted-winged parasites) :* [[Raphidioptera]] (snakeflies) :* [[Megaloptera]] ([[Sialidae|alderflies]], etc.) :* [[Neuroptera]] (net-veined insects) :* [[Mecoptera]] (scorpionflies, etc.) :* [[Siphonaptera]] ([[flea]]s) :* [[Diptera]] (true [[fly|flies]]) :* [[Trichoptera]] ([[caddisfly|caddisflies]]) :* [[Lepidoptera]] ([[butterfly|butterflies]], [[moth]]s) :* [[Blattodea]] (cockroaches and termites) :* [[Mantodea]] (mantises) }} '''Pterygota''' is a [[Subclass (biology)|subclass]] of [[insect]]s that includes the [[wing]]ed insects. It also includes insect orders that