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Definition of Insecta

Insecta
Insecta In*sec"ta, n. pl. [NL. See Insect.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn[ae], three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[ae], opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n. 2. (Zo["o]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda. 3. (Zo["o]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined. Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into several orders, viz.: Hymenoptera, as the bees and ants; Diptera, as the common flies and gnats; Aphaniptera, or fleas; Lepidoptera, or moths and butterflies; Neuroptera, as the ant-lions and hellgamite; Coleoptera, or beetles; Hemiptera, as bugs, lice, aphids; Orthoptera, as grasshoppers and cockroaches; Pseudoneuroptera, as the dragon flies and termites; Euplexoptera, or earwings; Thysanura, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the Vocabulary.

Meaning of Insecta from wikipedia

- Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous...
- Xanthaciura insecta is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Xanthaciura of the family Tephritidae. United States, Mexico, South to Venezuela...
- Insecta is a cooperative board game that was published by Sierra Madre Games and Fat Messiah Games in 1992. Insecta is a game of insect combat for 2–7...
- Insecta Mundi: A Journal of World Insect Systematics is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal of entomology, primarily devoted to insects, specifically...
- Aciuroides insecta is a species of ulidiidae or picture-winged fly in the genus Aciuroides of the family Ulidiidae. Hendel, Friedrich Georg (1914). "Neue...
- Insecta Britannica Diptera is a seminal work of entomology by Francis Walker. The work spans three volumes; a fourth volume was never published. Parts...
- Rokuro Kano; Gordon Field; Satoshi Shinonaga Fauna ****onica: Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) Biogeographical Society of ****an; distributor: Tokyo Electrical...
- most of the extant arthropod species. It includes the crown group class Insecta (true insects), as well as the much smaller class Entognatha, which includes...
- Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807...
- Zygentoma are an order in the class Insecta, and consist of about 550 known species. The Zygentoma include the so-called silverfish or fishmoths, and...