Polyneoptera
The cohort Polyneoptera is a proposed taxonomic ranking for the Orthoptera and all other Neopteran insects believed to be more closely related to Orthoptera than to any other insect orders. They possess biting mouthparts, but undergo little or no metamorphosis.The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:- Blattodea – cockroaches and termites
- Mantodea – praying mantids
- †Caloneurodea
- †Geraroptera
- Orthoptera – 2 extant suborders:
- * Caelifera – grasshoppers, groundhoppers, pygmy mole-crickets
- * Ensifera – crickets, mole-crickets, katydids or bush crickets, camel crickets, wetas, etc.
- * †Titanoptera – from the Triassic period
- order Incertae sedis
- * family †Cacurgidae Handlirsch, 1911
- * family †Chresmodidae Haase, 1890
- * family †Permostridulidae Béthoux, Nel, Lapeyrie & Gand, 2003
- * family †Protophasmatidae Brongniart, 1885
- ** genus †Chenxiella Liu, Ren & Prokop, 2009
- ** genus †Lobeatta Béthoux, 2005
- ** genus †Nectoptilus Béthoux, 2005
- ** genus †Sinopteron Prokop & Ren, 2007
Synonyms include: Archaeorthoptera, Gryllidea, Orthopterodea, Orthopterodida, Orthopteroidea, PanorthopteraSuperorder †[Perlidea] (synonym Plecopteroidea)
