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... taxa and are more valuable with fully known faunas . In practice , most keys are artificial to some extent . The high frequency of poly- thetic insect taxa ( defined on multiple character states , none of which individually is ...
... taxa and are more valuable with fully known faunas . In practice , most keys are artificial to some extent . The high frequency of poly- thetic insect taxa ( defined on multiple character states , none of which individually is ...
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... taxa . However , increasing the amount of avail- able comparative data does not always lead to ease in phylogenetic decision - making . There are cases where the limited number of characters available to the palaeontolo- gist appear to ...
... taxa . However , increasing the amount of avail- able comparative data does not always lead to ease in phylogenetic decision - making . There are cases where the limited number of characters available to the palaeontolo- gist appear to ...
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... taxa to add to the known range of a higher taxon , ( iii ) establish the minimum age for a taxon , and ( iv ) allow analysis of biogeographic patterns from a different time than the Recent . As far as insects are concerned , some of ...
... taxa to add to the known range of a higher taxon , ( iii ) establish the minimum age for a taxon , and ( iv ) allow analysis of biogeographic patterns from a different time than the Recent . As far as insects are concerned , some of ...
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