more progress but documented this time!
So, these are what I will describe as insects even though they evolved separately! If anyone remembers my old foundational clade chart, these are part of clade D1A and D1B (I think)!
here are their working names (I am nooot good at nomenclature lol)
A: Polyterapoda- this is slightly under clade d1a (I think), but I also use it to refer to modern descendants who keep the same body plan.
B: Haemoclepid- a branch of Polyterapoda which evolved to suck fluids out of the stelatmosids (fungal photosynthesizing organisms), and I also believe under this clade would be stick-bug-y dudes. I'm not modeling them though im too lazy.
C: Unnamed- Under Haemoclepidia, these were pillar reef hunters but quickly expanded to trees and bushes during the last biotic interchange. They do not spin webs even though that would be very cool.
D: unnamed- also under haemoclepidia, these are more similar to termites or ants, with enormous hives. Their hives tend to be in roots, ring pillar reefs, or helix pillar reefs but are not exclusive to these locations. Importantly, they pick things up with their hind legs!
1: Kentauratera- This is slightly under clade d1b (probably), and almost all offshoots have gone extinct as of the mid convergic ice age (~320 mya). Remaining clades with the original body plan are uncommon and tend to eat eggs and larvae.
2: Platohasta- under Kentauratera, Platohastans are the only surviving terrestrial insects from clade d1b other than the aformentioned clade of egg eaters. Despite their appearance they are quick and vicious.
Also! I should have mentioned earlier but these are very rough models just to help me keep track of things, in reality they have much much more complex structure.











