Winged Insects

Pterygota

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Pterygota (Winged Insects) is a group of insects. There are 941792 species of winged insects, in 84527 genera and 1566 families. This group has been around since the Serpukhovian Age. Winged Insects includes groups like Mayflies and Dragonflies And Damselflies.

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EOL has data for 10 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Serpukhovian Age
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Serpukhovian
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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terrestrial habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009
- Definition: A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Regulus Cuvier 1800 (Kinglet)
number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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47112
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Sassacus vitis (Cockerell 1894)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of winged insects. View this species on GBIF

winged insects Habitats

The environments in which many winged insects species are known to live. Select an environment to see its winged insects species checklist.

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Winged Insect Habitats

The environments in which many winged insects species are known to live. Select an environment to see its winged insects species checklist.

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