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Insects

Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having two pairs of wings.

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Vestigial
Animals; Insects

Poorly developed, degenerate or atrophied, more fully functional in an earlier stage of development of the individual or species.

Wingpad
Animals; Insects

The undeveloped wing of nymphs and naiads, which appear as two flat structures on each side.

Dens
Animals; Insects

In Collembola, the long proximal segment of the distal arms of the forks of the mannbrium, bearing the mucro apically.

Vein
Animals; Insects

In insects, the rib-like tube that strengthen the wings.

Cubitus (cu)
Animals; Insects

The sixth longitudinal vein of the wing, immediately behind the media (M).

Prothorax
Animals; Insects

The first segment of the three segments of the thorax, which supports the head and first pair of legs.

Pseudocellus
Animals; Insects

Thin walled oval structure on the head of Collembola.

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