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) | 492 | 1944 | 1417 | 11 | 704 |
| Order | DIPTERA (two-winged flies) | 564 | 2390 | 4081 | 244 | 516 |
| Order | HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) | 235 | 1080 | 692 | 12 | 302 |
| Order | LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths) | 638 | 5115 | 822 | 148 | 482 |
| Order | MECOPTERA (scorpion flies) | 2 | 4 | 16 | 3 | |
| Order | NEUROPTERA (lacewings) | 16 | 57 | 40 | 6 | |
| Order | RAPHIDIOPTERA (snake flies) | 3 | 5 | 23 | 3 | |
| Order | SIPHONAPTERA (fleas) | 6 | 4 | 14 | 107 | 5 |
| Order | STREPSIPTERA (stylopids) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Order | TRICHOPTERA (caddis flies) | 15 | 254 | 49 | 21 | 12 |
Suggested Literature
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 408 general literature references to Endopterygota (insects with wings developing internally)
Endopterygota may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 12114 feeding and other relationships of Endopterygota (insects with wings developing internally)
