Eumetabola
Clade of insects
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Eumetabola is an unranked clade of Neoptera. According to a phylogenetic analysis, the Eumetabola clade originated 390–350 million years ago, in the Late Devonian.[1]
| Eumetabola | |
|---|---|
| Apis dorsata (Holometabola) on Tribulus terrestris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Infraclass: | Neoptera |
| Clade: | Eumetabola Hennig, 1953 |
| Superorders | |
Phylogeny
The phylogeny of Eumetabola is shown in the cladogram, using the molecular phylogeny of Wipfler et al. 2019 for the Polyneoptera,[2] Johnson et al. 2018 for the Paraneoptera (where Psocomorpha contains Phthiraptera),[3] and Kjer et al. 2016 for the Holometabola.[4]
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