The subphylum Hexapoda (frae the Greek for sax legs) constitutes the lairgest (in terms o nummer o species) groupin o arthropods an includes the insects as well as three much smawer groups o wingless arthropods: Collembola, Protura, an Diplura (aw o these wur ance considered insects).

Hexapods
Temporal range: 411–0 Ma[1]
A flesh-flee
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Latreille, 1825[2]
Cless

Class Insecta (insects)
Class Entognatha

References eedit

  1. Wang, Yan-hui; Engel, Michael S.; Rafael, José A.; Wu, Hao-yang; Rédei, Dávid; Xie, Qiang; Wang, Gang; Liu, Xiao-guang; Bu, Wen-jun (2016). "Fossil record of stem groups employed in evaluating the chronogram of insects (Arthropoda: Hexapoda)". Scientific Reports. 6: 38939. doi:10.1038/srep38939. PMC 5154178. PMID 27958352.
  2. "Hexapods - Hexapoda" (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 21 Februar 2017.