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Scientific Name:
Pterygota
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Rank:
Class
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
insects ailés [French]
winged insects [English]
Taxonomic Status
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness:
partial
Currency Rating:
2013
Taxonomic Hierarchy
- up to the kingdom
Kingdom
Animalia
Subkingdom
Bilateria
Infrakingdom
Protostomia
Superphylum
Ecdysozoa
Phylum
Arthropoda
Subphylum
Hexapoda
Class
Insecta
- down one level
Infraclass
Neoptera
Infraclass
Palaeoptera
References
Expert(s):
Richard C. Brusca.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
Other Sources:
website: <a href="http://www.cbif.gc.ca/itisca/">ITIS*<sup>ca</sup></a>;
database: NODC Taxonomic Code;
document: ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy; M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall
References:
Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca 2002-01-01.
Invertebrates, Second Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc.. Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA. xx + 936. 0-87893-097-3. .
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