Holometabola
Sign in to saveHolometabola (from Ancient Greek "complete" + "change"), also known as Endopterygota (from "inner" + "wing" + Neo-Latin "-having"), is a supra-ordinal clade of insects within the infraclass Neoptera that go through distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages. They undergo a radical metamorphosis, with the larval and adult stages differing considerably in their structure and behaviour. This is called holometabolism, or complete metamorphism.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Holometabola is referenced by 1,324 other articles, and connects out to beetles, flea and Diptera.
It is catalogued under topics including Eumetabola, Extant Pennsylvanian first appearances and Holometabola.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
302,407 papers- Gut Bacteria in the Holometabola: A Review of Obligate and Facultative Symbionts.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2020
- Evolutionary Adaptations in Larvae of Holometabola.Annual review of entomology · 2026
- Patterns of morphological simplification and innovation in the megadiverse Holometabola (Insecta).Cladistics : the international journal of the Willi Hennig Society · 2022
- An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola).BMC evolutionary biology · 2020
- The position of the Hymenoptera within the Holometabola as inferred from the mitochondrial genome of Perga condei (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pergidae).Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2005
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- clade
- Parent taxon
- Eumetabola
- Image
- Ontwikkelstadia wespenpoppen.jpg
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- taxon name
- Holometabola
- taxon synonym
- Endopterygota
- Commons category
- Holometabola
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Evolution
- Description
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- References
Holometabola (from Ancient Greek "complete" + "change"), also known as Endopterygota (from "inner" + "wing" + Neo-Latin "-having"), is a supra-ordinal clade of insects within the infraclass Neoptera that go through distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages. They undergo a radical metamorphosis, with the larval and adult stages differing considerably in their structure and behaviour. This is called holometabolism, or complete metamorphism.
== Evolution ==
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