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Endopterygota (insects with wings developing internally)

Further Information

Notes (MWS) These are the most highly-evolved groups of insects.

They have wingless juvenile forms (larvae, eg maggots, catepillars) which look very different from the adults. Development from the juvenile to the adult form (metamorphosis) includes a comparatively featureless intermediate stage (the pupa). The internal body structure of the juvenile is largely broken down in the pupa before being rebuilt to form the adult insect.

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs
Order COLEOPTERA (beetles) 520 2047 1536 55 752
Order DIPTERA (two-winged flies) 607 2454 4616 326 595
Order HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) 251 1123 711 13 308
Order LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths) 640 5159 823 149 503
Order MECOPTERA (scorpion flies) 2 4 22 3 3
Order NEUROPTERA (lacewings) 16 57 40   6
Order RAPHIDIOPTERA (snake flies) 3 5 23   3
Order SIPHONAPTERA (fleas) 6 4 14 101 7
Order STREPSIPTERA (stylopids) 1   6 1 5
Order TRICHOPTERA (caddis flies) 15 254 49 21 13

Suggested Literature

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 450 general literature references to Endopterygota (insects with wings developing internally)

Endopterygota may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12362 feeding and other relationships of Endopterygota (insects with wings developing internally)

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