Hexapod
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A Hexapod is a arthropod that ...
- See: Crustacea, Flesh-Fly, Sarcophaga, Springtail, Protura, Diplura, Insect, Arthropod.
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2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexapoda Retrieved:2023-10-11.
- {{The subphylum Hexapoda (from Greek for 'six legs') or hexapods comprises the largest clade of arthropods and includes most of the extant arthropod species. It includes the crown group Insecta (true insects), as well as three much smaller groups of wingless arthropods that were once considered insects: Collembola (springtails), Protura (coneheads) and Diplura (two-pronged bristletails). The insects and springtails are very abundant and are some of the most important pollinators, basal consumers, scavengers/detritivores and micropredators in terrestrial environments. Hexapods are named for their most distinctive feature: a three-part body plan with a consolidated thorax and three pairs of legs. Most other arthropods have more than three pairs of legs. Most recent studies have recovered Hexapoda as a subgroup of Crustacea.