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Apterygote

Any member of the Apterygota -primitively wingless insects (i.e. insects which have never developed wings during their evolutionary history) in modern classifications this includes the Thysanura, but not Collembola, Diplura, and Protura which are no longer considered insects, but are termed Hexapods instead.

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