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单词 Apterygota
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Apterygota

/apˈtɛrɪˌɡəʊtə /
plural noun Entomology
A group of insects which includes the bristletails and springtails, having a primitive body form without wings and no distinct larval stage. Compare with Pterygota.
  • Subclass Apterygota, class Insecta (or Hexapoda): several orders, some of which are sometimes excluded from the Insecta.
In contrast to the Endopterygota, little is known about the arrangements of genes in many other lineages of insects, such as the Apterygota, the Palaeoptera, the hemipteroid assemblage, etc....
  • The three groups of immediate interest are sometimes collectively called the ‘Apterygota,’ the wingless insects.
  • The sub class Apterygota is divided into two orders, the microcoryphia known as dragonflies, damselflies and the zygentoma known as silverfish, fibre brats.

Origin

Modern Latin Apterygota, from Greek a- 'not' + pterugōtos 'winged'.

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