Class

Entognatha (Entognathans)

Sensillanura caeca. Photo: (c) Alex Bairstow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The Entognatha are a class of wingless (ametabolous) arthropods, which, together with the insects, makes up the subphylum Hexapoda. Their mouthparts are entognathous, meaning that they are retracted within the head. Entognatha are apterous, meaning that they lack wings. The class contains three orders: Collembola (springtails), Diplura and Protura. These three groups were historically united with the now-obsolete order Thysanura to form the class Apterygota, but it has since been recognized that the hexapodous condition of…

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Subtaxa

Subclass: Collembola (Springtails)

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