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Protura /prə(ʊ)ˈtjʊərə /plural noun EntomologyAn order of minute white wingless insects with slender bodies. They lack eyes and antennae, using the first pair of legs as sensory organs.- Order Protura, subclass Apterygota, class Insecta (or Hexapoda).
Hexapoda (Insecta sensu lato) includes four groups: Protura, Collembola, Diplura, and Insecta sensu stricto (with the latter containing Microcoryphia or Archeognatha, Zygentoma, and the pterygote insects)....- There are huge gaps in the early fossil record, since several basal hexapod groups have not been found at all in the Paleozoic: Protura, Diplura, and Thysanura.
Derivativesproturan noun & adjectiveOriginModern Latin (plural), from Greek prōtos 'first, primitive'. |