Hexapoda (6 legs) Source Wikipedia
Systematic Position:
Kingdom: Animalia
Sub-kingdom: Eumetazoa
Super-phylum: Ecdysosoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Sub-phylum: Hexapoda
Class 1 : Insecta
General characters of Insecta (Insects)
Ø Characters explained for sub-phylum Hexapoa is common for classes of Insecta. The additional characters includes:
Ø largest taxa of all animals and plants
Ø Includes more than one million described species
Flesh Fly (source wikipedia)
Ø Class Insecta includes more than half of the all known living species
Ø Usually terrestrial, some are aquatic
Ø Usually absent in marine environments
Ø * Mouth parts are ectognathous (=mouth parts expoed)
Ø * Characteristically possess wings for flight
Ø Wings are on the second and third thoracic segment
(* Characters with separate class insect from Enthognatha, the second class of sub-phylum Hexapoda)
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