Dichotomous Key/Hexapoda

Hexapoda
Hexapoda
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda

Information related to Hexapoda

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  • Wings
    • Present - 12
    • Not present - 2

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  • Lifestyle
    • Parasitic - 3
    • Not parasitic - 4

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  • Cerci
    • Present - 5
    • Not present - 6

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  • Orientation of cerci

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  • Mouthparts
    • Mouthparts external and easily visible - 9
    • Mouthparts not easily visible - 7

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  • Presence of eyes

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  • Mouthparts
    • Adapted for sucking - Hemiptera
    • Adapted for chewing - 10

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  • Pincer-like cerci on abdomen

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  • Forelegs
    • Forelegs raptatorial - Mantodea
    • Forelegs not raptatorial - 13

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  • Number of wings
    • One pair - 17
    • Two pairs - 18

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  • Forewings
    • Membranous - 19
    • Not membranous - 31

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  • Wing texture and color
    • Covered in scales or hairs - 37
    • Transparent - 20

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  • Tail-like appendages
    • Present - 21
    • Not present - 23

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  • Comparative wing size

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  • Comparative cerci size
    • Both abdominal cerci approximately equal in size - Plecoptera
    • Abdominal cerci unequal in size - Embioptera

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  • Wing venation
    • Extensive - 28
    • Minor - 24

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  • Wing texture

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  • Position of wings at rest
    • Held away from body - Odonata
    • Held against body - 29

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  • Forewings hardened
    • Forewings hard - 33
    • Forewings not hardened (may be leathery) - 34

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  • Hind legs

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