The néoptères ( Neoptera ) are a section of Insecte S, subclass of the Ptérygote S.

They are characterized by:

• Of the wings equipped with a field jugal or neala.
• Of the wings folding up itself behind at rest.

The Néoptères form the vast majority of the insects of today.

One can differentiate them in three sub-sections or categories:

• the Polynéoptère S
• the Paranéoptère S
• the Oligonéoptère S

This classifications rests on the three evolutionary thresholds crossed by the insects since hundreds of million years:

• the expansion of the wings,
• the development of a wing articulation complexes making it possible to fold up the wings at rest towards the back of the body,
• the acquisition of complete metamorphoses.

The néoptères include/understand the following orders:

• Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - coleopters
• Dermaptera De Geer, 1773
• Dictyoptera
• Diptera
• Embiidina Hagen, 1862
• Grylloblattodea
• Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
• Hymenoptera
• Isoptera Burned, 1832 - termites
• Lepidoptera - butterflies, moths
• Mantophasmatodea Zompro, Klass, Kristensen and Adis, 2002
• Mecoptera
• Orthoptera - locust-locustes, grasshoppers
• Phasmatodea Leach, 1815
• Phthiraptera Haeckel, 1896
• Plecoptera - plécoptères
• Psocoptera
• Siphonaptera
• Strepsiptera Kirby, 1813
• Thysanoptera
• Trichoptera - phryganeas, caddis-bait
• Zoraptera Silvestri, 1913
• Neuropterida

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