Talk:Hexapoda

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I moved this page back to Hexapoda; hardly anybody uses hexapod for insects, and Hexapoda more consistent with other arthropod subphyla. Also, far and away more linksd were to "Hexapoda" than "Hexapod"

An earlier version of this page followed every group name with the Latin equivalent, ranked and bolded. This is unnecessary, since the same information is presented in the taxobox, and more importantly breaks (chops) the sentence up with extremely eye-catching (noticeable) yet tangential information, making it next to impossible (extremely difficult) to read. In short, it ensures that less information is conveyed, rather than more. Please don't. Also, the whole repeating ranks thing is an extremely bad idea since it takes an article about a group and turns it into an article about one particular classification scheme. This is simplifying nearly to the point of falsehood. -- Josh

[edit] Paraphyly of hexapoda

The hexapod group has been shown to be paraphyletic, with springtails having evolved independently of hexapods. The reference for this conclusion is as folllows:

Francesco Nardi, Giacomo Spinsanti, Jeffrey L. Boore, Antonio Carapelli, Romano Dallai & Francesco Frati (2003). Hexapod origins: monophyletic or paraphyletic?. Science 299: 1887–1889.

[edit] labium

Labium is called both "lower lip" and "upper lip" in the article. SyP (talk) 13:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)