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Exopterygota (insects with wings developing externally)

Further Information

Notes (MWS) These insects have wingless juvenile forms (eg nymphs) which often look fairly similar to the adults, albeit with wings reduced or absent. Development from the juvenile to the adult form (metamorphosis) proceeds by a series of stages (instars) which (in the winged species) have increasingly developed wings leading to the fully-winged adult.

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Subtaxa

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Suggested Literature

Exopterygota may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Exopterygota is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Exopterygota listed at higher taxonomic level

INSECTA
(insects)

Associated with Exopterygota:

Exopterygota may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)
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