Definition of Holometabola. Meaning of Holometabola. Synonyms of Holometabola

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Definition of Holometabola

Holometabola
Holometabola Hol`o*me*tab"o*la, n. pl. [NL. See Holo-, and Metabola.] (Zo["o]l.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.

Meaning of Holometabola from wikipedia

- Holometabola (from Ancient Gr**** holo- "complete" + metabolḗ "change"), also known as Endopterygota (from endo- "inner" + ptéryg- "wing" + Neo-Latin -ota...
- ecdysis follows the last immature or nymphal stage. In members of the Holometabola, in which there is a pupal stage, the final ecdysis follows emergence...
- Panorpida or Mecopterida is a proposed superorder of Holometabola. The conjectured monophyly of the Panorpida is historically based on morphological evidence...
- instar undergoes no further moulting. All insects of the Pterygota except Holometabola belong to hemimetabolous orders: Hemiptera (scale insects, aphids, whitefly...
- Holometabolism is a synapomorphic trait of all insects in the superorder Holometabola. Immature stages of holometabolous insects are very different from the...
- at superorder rank, with the Holometabola—of which they are part—becoming an unranked clade above it, or the Holometabola are maintained as a superorder...
- of insects. Exopterygota are distinguished from the Endopterygota (or Holometabola) by the way their wings develop. Endopterygota (meaning literally "internal...
- that form the order Coleoptera (/koʊliːˈɒptərə/), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing...
- = "long", ptera = "wings") is an order of insects in the superorder Holometabola with about six hundred species in nine families worldwide. Mecopterans...
- Holometabola...