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Class Insecta


Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Sub-kingdom Eumetazoa
Sub-sub-kingdom Bilateria
Metaphylum Schizocoelos Coelomates
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Uniramia

Class Insecta

This group is the insects. They are characterised by a body composed of head, thorax, and abdomen. The thorax bears three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings. Latin: insectus, segmented. (Dorit et al, 1991)

Subclass Apterygota
Subclass Pterygota