Eumetabola
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| Eumetabola | |
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| Apis dorsata on Tribulus terrestris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Branch: | Metapterygota |
| Infraclass: | Neoptera |
| (unranked): | Eumetabola |
Eumetabola is an unranked category of Neoptera. Two large unities known as the Paurometabola and Eumetabola are probably form the adelphotaxa of the Neoptera after exclusion of the Plecoptera. However, the monophyly of these unities also appears to be just 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
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