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Metapterygota

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Metapterygota is a clade of winged insects containing order Odonata and Infraclass Neoptera. They share morphological characteristics of a loss of caudal filaments and a subimago stage. Genetically the clade is supported by similarities in the mitochondrial genomes.^[1]

Living Subgroups

Odonatoptera
- Odonata
Neoptera
- Endopterygota (=Metabola or Holometabola)
- Exopterygota

Phylogeny

Insecta Monocondylia

Archaeognatha

Dicondylia Apterygota

Zygentoma

†Monura

Pterygota

Ephemeroptera

Metapterygota

Odonata

Neoptera

References

^ Yeates, David K; Cameron, Stephen L; Trautwein, Michelle (May 2012). "A view from the edge of the forest: recent progress in understanding the relationships of the insect orders: The relationships of the insect orders". Australian Journal of Entomology. 51 (2): 79–87. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2012.00857.x.

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Metapterygota: Brief Summary

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Metapterygota is a clade of winged insects containing order Odonata and Infraclass Neoptera. They share morphological characteristics of a loss of caudal filaments and a subimago stage. Genetically the clade is supported by similarities in the mitochondrial genomes.

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