Holometabola
Sign in to saveHolometabola (from Ancient Greek "complete" + "change"), also known as Endopterygota (from "inner" + "wing" + Neo-Latin "-having"), is a supra-ordinal clade of insects within the infraclass Neoptera that go through distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages. They undergo a radical metamorphosis, with the larval and adult stages differing considerably in their structure and behaviour. This is called holometabolism, or complete metamorphism.
Research
302,407 papers- Gut Bacteria in the Holometabola: A Review of Obligate and Facultative Symbionts.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2020
- Evolutionary Adaptations in Larvae of Holometabola.Annual review of entomology · 2026
- Patterns of morphological simplification and innovation in the megadiverse Holometabola (Insecta).Cladistics : the international journal of the Willi Hennig Society · 2022
- An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola).BMC evolutionary biology · 2020
- The position of the Hymenoptera within the Holometabola as inferred from the mitochondrial genome of Perga condei (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pergidae).Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2005
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- clade
- Parent taxon
- Eumetabola
- Image
- Ontwikkelstadia wespenpoppen.jpg
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- taxon name
- Holometabola
- taxon synonym
- Endopterygota
- Commons category
- Holometabola
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Evolution
- Description
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- References
Holometabola (from Ancient Greek "complete" + "change"), also known as Endopterygota (from "inner" + "wing" + Neo-Latin "-having"), is a supra-ordinal clade of insects within the infraclass Neoptera that go through distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages. They undergo a radical metamorphosis, with the larval and adult stages differing considerably in their structure and behaviour. This is called holometabolism, or complete metamorphism.
== Evolution ==
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