BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
ENDOPTERYGOTA (insects with wings developing internally)
| 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 |  |
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| Order | COLEOPTERA (beetles) | 1392 | 1628 | 1292 | 7 | 376 | 4269 |
| Order | DIPTERA (two-winged flies) | 1369 | 1743 | 3061 | 173 | 389 | 3542 |
| Order | HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) | 1138 | 749 | 701 | 8 | 189 | 2274 |
| Order | LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths) | 748 | 4815 | 889 | 62 | 334 | 855 |
| Order | MECOPTERA (scorpion flies) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Order | NEUROPTERA (lacewings) | 15 | 41 | 50 | 5 | 6 | |
| Order | RAPHIDIOPTERA (snake flies) | 2 | 19 | 2 | |||
| Order | SIPHONAPTERA (fleas) | 6 | 2 | 16 | 107 | 3 | |
| Order | STREPSIPTERA (stylopids) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Order | TRICHOPTERA (caddis flies) | 16 | 230 | 101 | 43 | 11 | 2 |
Suggested Literature
ENDOPTERYGOTA may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
HEXAPODA (hexapods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with ENDOPTERYGOTA:
Endopterygota may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
