Life

• Lepidoptera Perhoset Butterflies and Moths — 118654 spp. 2417 spp.

  The following groups are fairly complete as including all Finnish records.But, they also may additionally list many species that do not occur in Finland.

• Diptera Sääsket,Kärpäset Kaksisiipiset Flies,Mosquitos — 3659 spp. 3620 spp.
• Coleoptera Kovakuoriaiset Beetles — 7239 spp. 3706 spp.
• Odonata Dragonflies Sudenkorennot — 137 spp. 53 spp.
• Ephemeroptera Päivänkorennot — 48 spp. 48 spp.
• Plecoptera Koskikorennot Stoneflies — 42 spp. 34 spp.
• Trichoptera Vesiperhoset Caddisflies — 207 spp. 207 spp.
• Orthoptera Suorasiipiset Grasshoppers, Crickets, etc — 138 spp. 32 spp.
• Heteroptera Luteet True bugs — 530 spp. 475 spp.
• Homoptera Kaskaat, Kirvat, Kempit, Jauhiaiset Yhtäläissiipiset — 804 spp. 757 spp.
• Neuroptera Verkkosiipiset — 55 spp. 52 spp.
• Megaloptera Verkkosiipiset? — 8 spp. 8 spp.
• Mecoptera Kärsäkorennot — 11 spp. 7 spp.
• Psocoptera Jäytiäiset — 6 spp. 6 spp.
• Thysanura Kolmisukahäntäiset — 4 spp. 4 spp.
• Dermaptera Pihtihäntäiset — 17 spp. 2 spp.

  The following groups are totally incomplete. These subtrees contain few odd images of otherinsect groups. Currently not much in here yet, I will add more when I get my "random" shotsscanned later.

• Dictyoptera Torakat, Rukoilijasirkat — 23 spp. 7 spp.
• Phasmida Kummitussirkat — 4 spp.
• Mantophasmatodea Zompro, Klass, Kristensen & Addis, 2002 — 3 spp.
• Hymenoptera Pistiäiset — 1853 spp. 1318 spp.
• Thysanoptera Ripsiäiset — 1 sp.
• Collembola Hyppyhäntäiset — 63 spp.
• Mallophaga Väiveet — 4 spp. 4 spp.
• Anoplura Täit — 17 spp. 18 spp.

800x1067 (~162Kb) Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 28.7.2005 (a mined leaf), Photo © Leif Wahlberg ? (Leaf mining moth or a fly?)

600x400 (~60Kb) India: Melghat, 12.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

1280x702 (~134Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 8.8.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

28.8.2023 (133527)

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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.