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Why Are Insects Called Hexapoda?

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Why Are Insects Called Hexapoda?

The name Hexapoda denotes the presence of six legs (three pairs) in these animals as differentiated from the number of pairs present in other arthropods. Hexapods are characterized by the presence of a head, thorax, and abdomen, constituting three tagma

tagma
In biology, a tagma (Greek: τάγμα, plural tagmata – τάγματα) is a specialized grouping of multiple segments or metameres into a coherently functional morphological unit. ... Familiar examples are the head, the thorax, and the abdomen of insects.
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. The thorax bears the wings as well as six legs in three pairs.

Why is class Insecta also called Hexapoda?

In other words, hexapoda is composed from the insects and the Entognatha. ... Hexapods are so called because they have a thorax with three pairs of legs. Most other arthropods have more than three pairs of legs.

What does Hexapoda mean?

Hexapoda. (Science: zoology) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids. The hexapoda have the head, thorax, and abdomen differentiated, and are mostly winged.

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