Endopterygota

A beetle in southeastern Brazil.

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordines: Coleopterida - Hymenopterida - Neuropterida - Panorpida

Overview of ordines

Coleoptera - Diptera - Hymenoptera - Lepidoptera - "Mecoptera" - Megaloptera - Neuroptera - Raphidioptera - Siphonaptera - Strepsiptera - Trichoptera
[list of ordines after Grimaldi & Engel (2005: 147, table 4.1)]

Name

Endopterygota

Synonyms

• Holometabola

References

• Aspöck, U. 2002: Phylogeny of the Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola). Zoologica Scripta, 31: 51-56.
• Beutel, R.G. and H. Pohl. 2006: Endopterygote systematics – where do we stand and what is the goal (Hexapoda, Arthropoda)? Systematic Entomology, 31(2): 202-219.
• Büning, J. 2005: The telotrophic ovary known from Neuropterida exists also in the myxophagan beetle Hydroscapha natans. Development genes and evolution, 215: 597-607.
• Büning, J. 2006: Ovariole structure supports sistergroup relationship of Neuropterida and Coleoptera. Arthropod systematics & phylogeny, 64: 115-126. [1]
• Castro, L.R.; Dowton, M. 2005: The position of the Hymenoptera within the Holometabola as inferred from the mitochondrial genome of Perga condei (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pergidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 34(3): 469-479.
• Grimaldi, D.; Engel, M.S. 2005: Evolution of the insects. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA. limited preview on Google books
• Haring, E.; Aspöck, U. 2004: Phylogeny of the Neuropterida: a first molecular approach. Systematic entomology, 29: 415-430.
• Krenn, H.W. 2007: Evidence from mouthpart structure on interordinal relationships in Endopterygota? Arthropod systematics & phylogeny, 65(1): 7–14. PDF
• Wootton, R.J. 2002: Design, function and evolution in the wings of holometabolous insects. Zoologica Scripta, 31: 31-40.
• Whiting, M.F. 2002: Phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders: molecular evidence. Zoologica Scripta, 31: 3-15.

Vernacular names

English: Complete Metamorphosis Insects
magyar: Fejlett szárnyas rovarok
日本語: 内翅類
Tiếng Việt: Côn trùng trưởng thành
Türkçe: Tümbaşkalaşmalı böcekler
中文: 内翅總目

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