Pterygota

From Ancient Greek, neuter plural of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”).

Pterygota

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Insecta – winged insects, also containing some secondarily wingless taxa..

The clade basal Pterygota is monotypic with the order Ephemeroptera.

• (subclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class[1]

• (subclass): Neoptera (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Paraneoptera, Polyneoptera - superorders), Palaeoptera - infraclasses
  • Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Trichoptera - orders in Neoptera; Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidoptera - orders in Neuropterida; Hemiptera, Psocodea, Thysanoptera - orders in Paraneoptera; Blattodea, Dermaptera, Embioptera, Grylloblattodea, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Plecoptera, Zoraptera - orders in Polyneoptera; Ephemeroptera, Odonata - orders in Palaeoptera[1]

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• (subclass): basal Pterygota, Metapterygota (clades)
  • Blattodea, Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Diptera, Embioptera, Ephemeroptera, Grylloblattodea, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Lepidoptera, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Phthiraptera, Plecoptera, Psocoptera, Raphidioptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Thysanoptera, Trichoptera, Zoraptera (orders)
  • †Protodiptera, †Miomoptera, †Palaeodictyoptera (extinct orders)

• (subclass): Archaeognatha, Dicondylia[1]

• Pterygota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pterygota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pterygota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pterygota at the Tree of Life Web Project

Pterygota alata

From Ancient Greek, feminine singular of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”)

Pterygota f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – certain mallows.

• Pterygota was formerly placed in family Sterculiaceae.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Malvales - order[1]; Malvaceae - family; Sterculioideae - subfamily

• (genus): Pterygota alata - type species; Pterygota excelsa, Pterygota kamerunensis - other species

• Pterygota (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pterygota (Malvaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pterygota (Malvaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pterygota at USDA Plants database