Parent taxon: Neoptera according to B. Misof et al. 2014
See also Béthoux 2007, Eades 2012 and Geyer and Kleber 1987
Sister taxa: Ampelipteridae, Apheloneuridae, Archaemiopteridae, Archipanorpidae, Asiuropidae, Baryshnyalidae, Blattoneoptera, Boltonocostidae, Choristosialidae, Clareocercaria, Controversala, Dictyophara scudderi, Endoneoptera, Eopanorpella, Exopterygota, Gelasopteridae, Glosselytrodea, Hemineoptera, Holometabola, Mesophthiridae, Metropatoridae, Metropatorites, Micropalentomidae, Mixotermitoidea, Naucoris crassus, Oiophassus, Orthoneoptera, Palaeoheteroptera, Palaeonepidoideus, Paraneoptera, Perielytridae, Permembiidae, Permosialidae, Prosigara, Psocodea, Saurodectidae, Sibosmylina, Sinembiidae, Sphalmatoblattina, Sycopteridae, Sycopteron, Synomaloptilidae, Tillyardites, Trachopterygidae, Triadochorista, Trichorthophlebia, Uninervidae
Subtaxa: Anartioptera Archaeorthoptera Belebeus Blattopteroidea Dermapterida Dermoplectopterida Eukinolabia Gallophasmatidae Haplocercata Hebeigrammidae Holopandictyoptera Ideliopsis Kitshuga Magicivenidae Mantoblattidae Menatacridium Mystroptera Notoptera Orthacanthacris incertus Orthoptera Orthopteroidea Paoliida Parablattogryllus Permofossilis Plecopterida Polyplecoptera Protorthoptera Spectra Suksunus Zoraptera
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