Ultrastructure of attachment specializations of hexapods (Arthropoda): evolutionary patterns inferred from a revised ordinal phylogeny
Author
R. G. Beutel
Author
S. N. Gorb
text
J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research
2001
39
177
207
journal article
10.1046/j.1439-0469.2001.00155.x
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Archaeognatha
The tarsus is three or rarely twosegmented (
Watson and Smith 1991
). A welldefined, segmentlike pretarsus is not developed in archaeognathans and all following groups. The reduced pretarsus bears two simple claws. A median claw or empodium is not developed.