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The Pterygota (Ancient Greek: πτερυγωτός, romanized: pterugōtós, lit. 'winged') are a subclass of insects that includes all winged insects and the orders that are secondarily wingless (that is, insect groups whose ancestors once had wings but that have lost them as a result of subsequent evolution).
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Insects in this group undergo a simple or incomplete metamorphosis. The life cycle includes just three stages – egg, nymph, and adult. During the nymph stage, gradual change occurs until the nymph resembles the adult. Only the adult stage has functional wings.
A large number of familiar insects fall within the superorder Exopterygota. Most insect orders are classified within this subdivision, including: 1. Order Ephemeroptera- mayflies 2. Order Odonata- dragonflies and damselflies 3. Order Orthoptera- crickets, grasshoppers and locusts 4. Order Phasmida- stick and leaf insects 5. Order Grylloblattodea- r...
These insects undergo a complete metamorphosis with four stages – egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The pupal stage is inactive (a rest period). When the adult emerges from the pupal stage, it has functional wings.
The majority of the world's insects undergo complete metamorphosis, and are included in the superorder Endopterygota. The largest of these nine insect orders are: 1. Order Coleoptera- beetles 2. Order Neuroptera- nerve-winged insects 3. Order Hymenoptera- ants, bees, and wasps 4. Order Trichoptera - caddisflies 5. Order Lepidoptera- butterflies and...
These insects do not have the ability to fold their wings down flat over the abdomen. All orders that share this “primitive” condition are grouped as Paleoptera, a subdivision (infraclass) within the subclass Pterygota.
Also known as: winged insect. Learn about this topic in these articles: classification. In insect: Insect phylogeny. …history of winged insects (Pterygota) throughout the geological periods from the Devonian to the Recent. The apterygotes, which are regarded as survivors of primitive insect stock, are omitted from the family tree.
The winged insects, or Pterygota, are undoubtedly a monophyletic group in that wings have developed only once in their evolutionary history; moreover the possession of wings has probably been the single most important factor in the success of insects as a whole.
