PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Neoptera
bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Infraclass 4,080 subtaxa 46,045 images 4,055 ident. refs
Palaeoptera
dragonflies, damselflies and mayflies
Male (Click to open)
 		Infraclass 52 subtaxa 589 images 67 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 17,224 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

This group contains the majority of insects. The adults have two pairs of wings, or, at least, are presumed to have evolved from winged ancestors.

They also have distinct wingless juvenile forms which often look vey different from the adults. Development includes metamorphosis from the juvenile to the adult form.

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