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... fossil record . However , many scientists including palaeontologists ( e.g. Patterson 1981a ; Forey 1982 ) express reservations because , although an ancestral character state must precede the derived , the fossil record may not reflect ...
... fossil record . However , many scientists including palaeontologists ( e.g. Patterson 1981a ; Forey 1982 ) express reservations because , although an ancestral character state must precede the derived , the fossil record may not reflect ...
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... fossil record have been used extensively here as bases for phylogenetic inferences . Wing venation is of particular importance in the interpretation of fossils , and in this sec- tion the venation of all insect orders has been for the ...
... fossil record have been used extensively here as bases for phylogenetic inferences . Wing venation is of particular importance in the interpretation of fossils , and in this sec- tion the venation of all insect orders has been for the ...
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... fossils were too often uninformative , providing too few characters for analysis , or too vague in their relation- ships to other fossil and extant taxa . Furthermore , assumptions that the site of the oldest fossil of a group or the ...
... fossils were too often uninformative , providing too few characters for analysis , or too vague in their relation- ships to other fossil and extant taxa . Furthermore , assumptions that the site of the oldest fossil of a group or the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Skeletal anatomy and key to orders by J F LAWRENCE E S NIELSEN and I M MACKERRAS | 3 |
General anatomy and function by R F CHAPMAN | 33 |
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3-segmented abdominal segments absent adult anal antennae apex apical appendages apterous aquatic Archaeognatha areas articulation Australia Australian species basal base biological body cells cerci claws Coleoptera Collembola colour costal coxae Cretaceous cross-veins cuticle developed Diplura Diptera distal dorsal ecdysis eggs elongate endemic Entomology Ephemeroptera fauna feed female fore legs fore wing fossil fused genera genitalia genus gills glands groundplan head Hemiptera Heteroptera hind wing host Hymenoptera insects instar known Kukalová-Peck labial palp labium larvae lateral Lepidoptera lobe male Malpighian tubules mandibles margin membrane mesothorax metathorax moult mouth-parts muscles Neoptera nymphs occur ocelli Odonata organs ovipositor pair Permian pest plants posterior predators present primitive pronotum prothorax recognised reduced region sclerites sclerotised setae sometimes spines spiracles Sternorrhyncha structure stylets subfamilies Superfamily surface synapomorphies taxa termites thoracic Thysanura tibia tion tropical usually veins venation ventral