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Broad groups of insects
A group containing terms related to insect subclasses (part of the way that insects are classified by entomologists).
Terms in this group
- Apterous
meaning without wings. - Apterygota
a subclass of the Class Insecta. This subclass contains the Orders of wingless insects. - Endopterygota
the development of the wings inside the body of an insect. - Exopterygota
the development of the wings outside the body in insects. - Insects
the largest Class of arthropods and the most diverse group of animals in the world. - Pterygota
the name given to the Subclass of insects that possess wings.
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