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True flies are insects of the order Diptera. The name is derived from the Greek di-= two, and ptera = wings. Most insects of this order have two wings (not counting the halteres, club-like limbs which are homologous to the second pair of wings found on insects of other orders).
Belgica antarctica, the Antarctic midge, is a species of flightless midge, endemic to the continent of Antarctica.At 2–6 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long, it is the largest purely terrestrial animal native to the continent.
The insect order Zoraptera, commonly known as angel insects, contains small and soft bodied insects with two forms: winged with wings sheddable as in termites, dark and with eyes (compound) and ocelli (simple); or wingless, pale and without eyes or ocelli. They have a characteristic nine-segmented beaded (moniliform) antenna.
Grylloblattidae, commonly known as the icebugs or ice crawlers, is a family of extremophile (psychrophile) and wingless insects that live in the cold on top of mountains and the edges of glaciers. It is the only member of Grylloblattodea , which is generally considered an order .
Pterygota (/ ˌ t ɛ r ə ˈ ɡ oʊ t ə / terrə-GOH-tə [2] Ancient Greek: πτερυγωτός, romanized: pterugōtós, lit. 'winged') is a subclass of insects that includes all winged insects and groups who lost them secondarily.
The primary characteristic of the apterygotes is they are primitively wingless. While some other insects, such as fleas, also lack wings, they nonetheless descended from winged insects but have lost them during the course of evolution. By contrast, the apterygotes are a primitive group of insects that diverged from other ancient orders before ...
Mantophasmatidae is a family of carnivorous wingless insects within the monotypic order Mantophasmatodea, which was discovered in Africa in 2001. [1] [2] Recent evidence indicates a sister group relationship with Grylloblattidae (classified in the order Grylloblattodea), [3] [4] and Arillo and Engel have combined the two groups into a single order, Notoptera, with Grylloblattodea and ...
The dustywings, Coniopterygidae, are a family of Pterygota (winged insects) of the net-winged insect order ().About 460 living species are known. [1] These tiny insects can usually be determined to genus with a hand lens according to their wing venation, but to distinguish species, examination of the genitals by microscope is usually necessary.