Palaeoptera
Taxonomic grouping of winged insects without a certain form of wing-folding / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The name Palaeoptera (from Greek παλαιός (palaiós 'old') + πτερόν (pterón 'wing')) has been traditionally applied to those ancestral groups of winged insects (most of them extinct) that lacked the ability to fold the wings back over the abdomen as characterizes the Neoptera. The Diaphanopterodea, which are palaeopteran insects, had independently and uniquely evolved a different wing-folding mechanism. Both mayflies and dragonflies lack any of the smell centers in their brain found in Neoptera.[2]
Quick Facts Palaeoptera Temporal range: Carboniferous - present, Scientific classification ...
Palaeoptera Temporal range: Carboniferous - present | |
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The Green Drake (Ephemera danica), a mayfly (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Subclass: | Pterygota |
Division: | Palaeoptera Martynov, 1923 |
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