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The class Insecta includes at least 8064 Namibian species, belonging to the following 28 orders :
| Anoplura | Sucking lice | 41 species | |
| Archaeognatha | Bristletails | 1 species | |
| Blattodea | Cockroaches | 51 species | |
| Coleoptera | Beetles | 3294 species | |
| Collembola | Springtails | 4 species | |
| Dermaptera | Earwigs | 4 species | |
| Diptera | True flies | 1517 species | |
| Embioptera | Web spinners | 2 species | |
| Ephemeroptera | Mayflies | 38 species | |
| Heteroptera | Plant bugs | 497 species | |
| Homoptera | Bugs | 223 species | |
| Hymenoptera | Bees, wasps, ants | 831 species | |
| Isoptera | Termites | 41 species | |
| Lepidoptera | Butterflies, moths | 655 species | |
| Mallophaga | Biting lice | 24 species | |
| Mantodea | Mantids | 107 species | |
| Mantophasmatodea | Gladiator bugs | 3 species | |
| Mecoptera | Scorpionflies | 2 species | |
| Neuroptera | Antlions, lacewings | 127 species | |
| Odonata | Dragonflies, damselflies | 106 species | |
| Orthoptera | Grasshoppers, crickets | 325 species | |
| Phasmatodea | Stick insects | 11 species | |
| Plecoptera | Stoneflies | 2 species | |
| Psocoptera | Booklice | 3 species | |
| Siphonaptera | Fleas | 39 species | |
| Thysanoptera | Thrips | 16 species | |
| Thysanura | Silverfish, fishmoths | 58 species | |
| Trichoptera | Caddisflies | 42 species |