Hexapoda

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classes (4): Collembola – Diplura – Insecta – Protura
Hexapoda incertae sedis: †Leverhulmia

Name

Hexapoda Latreille, 1825

References

Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1825. Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposées succinctement et dans un ordre analytique, avec l’indication de leurs genres. J.-B. Baillière, Paris, 570 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.34914 . Reference page.

Additional references

Bitsch, C. & Bitsch, J. 2000. The phylogenetic interrelationships of the higher taxa of apterygote hexapods. Zoologica Scripta 29(2): 131–156. DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6409.2000.00036.x . Reference page.
Cameron, S.L., Miller, K.B., D'Haese, C.A., Whiting, M.F., Barker, S.C. 2004. Mitochondrial genome data alone are not enough to unambiguously resolve the relationships of Entognatha, Insecta and Crustacea sensu lato (Arthropoda). Cladistics 20(6): 534–557. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2004.00040.x . Reference page.
Carpenter, F.M. 1992. Superclass Hexapoda. In: Kaesler, R.L. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part R, Arthropoda 4, Volumes 3 and 4. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. xxi + 655 pp. ISBN 0-8137-3019-8. DOI: 10.17161/dt.v0i0.5370 . Reference page.
Fayers, S.R. & Trewin, N.H. 2005. A hexapod from the early Devonian Windyfield chert, Rhynie, Scotland. Palaeontology 48(5): 1117–1130. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00501.x . Reference page.
Foottit, R.G. & Adler, P.H. (eds.) 2009. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4051-5142-9. DOI: 10.1002/9781444308211 .
Gao, Y., Bu, Y. & Luan, Y.-X. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of basal hexapods reconstructed from nearly complete 18S and 28S rRNA gene sequences. Zoological Science 25(11): 1139–1145. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.1139 . PDF. Reference page.
Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M.S. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0. limited preview on Google Books. Reference page.
Kjer, K.M., Carle, F.L., Litman, J. & Ware, J. 2006. A molecular phylogeny of Hexapoda. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 64(1): 35–44. DOI: 10.3897/asp.64.e31642 . Reference page.
Kluge, N.J. 2010. Circumscriptional names of higher taxa in Hexapoda. Bionomina 1: 15–55. Preview (PDF). PDF. Reference page.
Luan, Y.-x., Mallatt, J.M., Xie, R.-d., Yang, Y.-m. & Yin, W.-y. 2005. The phylogenetic positions of three basal-hexapod groups (Protura, Diplura, and Collembola) based on ribosomal RNA gene sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution 22(7): 1579–1592. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi148 . Reference page.
Wheeler, W.C., Whiting, M., Wheeler, Q.D. & Carpenter, J.M. 2001. The phylogeny of the extant hexapod orders. Cladistics 17(2): 113–169. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2001.tb00115.x . Reference page.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Sespotiges
Alemannisch: Sechsfießer
العربية: سداسيات الأرجل
azərbaycanca: Altıayaqlılar
беларуская: Шасціногія
български: Шесткраки
català: Hexàpodes
čeština: Šestinozí
Deutsch: Sechsfüßer
Ελληνικά: Εξάποδα
English: Hexapods
español: Hexápodos
eesti: Kuuejalgsed
suomi: Kuusijalkaiset
français: Hexapodes
magyar: Hatlábúak
Ido: Artikopodo
íslenska: Sexfætlur
italiano: Esapodi
日本語: 六脚亜門 (ろっきゃくあもん)
한국어: 육각아문(六脚亞門)
lietuvių: Šešiakojai
latviešu: Seškāji
македонски: Шестоноги
Plattdüütsch: Sessfööt
Nederlands: Zespotigen
norsk nynorsk: Seksfotingar
polski: Sześcionogi
português: Hexápodes
русский: Шестиногие
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Šesteronošci
slovenščina: Šesteronožci
தமிழ்: அறுகாலி (arukaali)
Türkçe: Altı bacaklılar
Tiếng Việt: Loài sáu chân
中文: 六足亞門

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