Eumetabola
Eumetabola | |
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Apis dorsata on Tribulus terrestris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Infraclass: | Neoptera |
(unranked): | Eumetabola |
Eumetabola is an unranked category of Neoptera. Two large unities known as the Paurometabola and Eumetabola are probably from the adelphotaxa of the Neoptera after exclusion of the Plecoptera. The monophyly of these unities appears to be weakly justified.
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References
- Paurometabola — Eumetabola link.springer.com
- Eumetabola Hennig 1953 insecta.bio.spbu.ru
- Grimaldi, D.; Engel, M.S. 2005: Evolution of the insects. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA. limited preview on Google books