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Insects
Insecta

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Scientific synonyms

Ectognatha

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Images

Iphiclides podalirius - Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides podalirius - Scarce Swallowtail

Author: Vít Schwarzbrunn

Decticus verrucivorus - Wart-biter

Lamprodila rutilans

Important groups

Odonata - dragonflies, Ephemeroptera - mayflies, Blattodea - cockroaches, Mantodea - mantids, Phasmatodea - walking sticks and leaf insects, Dermaptera - earwigs, Orthoptera - grasshoppers, crickets and katydids, Psocoptera - book and bark lice, Phthiraptera, Hemiptera - bugs, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera - snakeflies, Neuroptera - net-winged insects, Trichoptera - caddisflies, Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths, Diptera - true flies, mosquitoes and gnats, Aphaniptera - fleas, Hymenoptera - bees, ants and wasps, Coleoptera - beetles
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Taxonomy

Hmyz je druhově nejpočetnější skupina živočichů - je popsáno okolo jednoho miliónu druhů. Odhaduje se ale, že celkový počet druhů hmyzu se může pohybovat mezi 2 až 30 milióny.

Sources

Internetové stránky
Sedlák E. (2000): Zoologie bezobratlých, MU, PřF, Brno

Interesting facts

Nejdelším hmyzem je strašilka Phobaeticus chani.
Author: Ondřej Zicha

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 2

subclass Pterygota
subclass Thysanura - silverfish

Links and literature

http://www.insect.cz
http://www.insect.cz
EN Tree of Life [Insecta]
Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]
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