New wingers

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New wingers
Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)

Bumblebee ( Bombus pascuorum )

Systematics
Trunk : Arthropod (arthropoda)
Sub-stem : Six-footed (Hexapoda)
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Subclass : Flying insects (Pterygota)
Superordinate : New wingers
Scientific name
Neoptera
Martynov , 1923

The Neuflügler (Neoptera) are a superordinate order of the insects (Insecta). As a defining feature, they can fold their wings backwards onto the abdomen with the help of a special joint and the corresponding muscles. They include all flying insects (Pterygota) with the exception of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) and dragonflies (Odonata).

The possibility of putting the wings close to the body enables the animals to colonize a whole range of habitats. This change gives you the opportunity to hide and penetrate narrow structures and cracks. With the conversion of the joint and the flight muscles, the wing itself had to be redesigned so that it could be folded in. This was done through a series of furrows in the wing. Many orders of the Neoptera contain eusocial insect species that form insect states.

Systematics

The following orders are counted among the new wingers :

literature

  • Bernhard Klausnitzer: Insecta (Hexapoda), insects in Westheide, Rieger (Hrsg.): Special zoology part 1: unicellular and invertebrate animals. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Jena 1997; Pages 635ff.

Web links

Commons : Neuflügler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Werner Jacobs , Klaus Honomichl , Maximilian Renner : Biology and ecology of insects. Pocket dictionary with CD-ROM. Stuttgart, Jena and New York 1996 (4th, revised paperback edition, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8274-1769-5 or ISBN 3-8274-1769-4 )