-
primitively wingless insect orders.
Unlike Archaeognatha and Zygentoma, the
pterygotes do not have
styli or
vesicles on
their abdomen (also
absent in some zygentomans)...
- the
history of Earth, and
along with it the
diversity of insects. The
Pterygotes (winged insects)
underwent a
major radiation in the
Carboniferous (358...
- 181R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00210.x. Trueman, John W. H. (2008). "
Pterygote Higher Relationships". Tree of Life Web Project.
Retrieved 15 December...
- the Carboniferous, and into the
Permian (approximately 300 Ma), most
pterygotes had post-embryonic
development which included separated nymphal and adult...
- 38.1079S. doi:10.1130/G31182.1. Dudley,
Robert (2002). "Flight and the
Pterygote Insecta". The
Biomechanics of
Insect Flight: Form, function, evolution...
- Web Project.
Retrieved 15
December 2008. Trueman, John W. H. (2008). "
Pterygote Higher Relationships". Tree of Life Web Project.
Retrieved 15 December...
-
surface of the head, and is
typically near the
occipital foremen. In
pterygotes, the
postocciput forms the
extreme posterior,
often U-shaped,
which forms...
-
wings is a
synapomorphy for
pterygote insects, but a
symplesiomorphy for
holometabolous insects.
Absence of
wings in non-
pterygote insects and
other organisms...
- Neoptera, peripteros, pterodactyl, pteron, pteropod, pterosaur, pterostigma,
pterygote,
tetrapterous pterid- fern Gr**** πτερίς, πτερίδος (pterís, pterídos) pteridology...
- the
Apterygota are
considered to be
indicative of the
ground plan for
pterygotes,
confusion reigns:
adult Protura have 12 segments,
Collembola have 6....
