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Short description: Clade of insects containing order Odonata and Infraclass Neoptera

Metapterygota
Gaint Honey Bee (Apis dorsata) on Tribulus terrestris W IMG 1020.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Branch: Metapterygota
Subgroups

Metapterygota is a clade of winged insects containing order Odonata and Infraclass Neoptera. They share morphological characteristics of a loss of caudal filaments and a subimago stage. Genetically the clade is supported by similarities in the mitochondrial genomes.[1]

Living Subgroups

Phylogeny

 Insecta 
 Monocondylia 

Archaeognatha

 Dicondylia 
 Apterygota 

Zygentoma

Monura

 Pterygota 

Ephemeroptera

Metapterygota

Odonata

Neoptera

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1925093 entry