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Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen ), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and a pair of antennae. Insects are the most diverse group of animals, with more ...
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Egentliga insekter (Insecta), även kallade äkta insekter eller bara insekter, är en klass inom leddjuren och utgör den artrikaste djurgruppen bland landdjuren. Det vetenskapliga namnet, insecta, kommer från latin och betyder “uppdelat” [i tre delar], ett översättningslån från grekiska ἔντομον, éntomon ...
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Insects are a class in the phylum Arthropoda. [2] . They are small terrestrial invertebrates which have a hard exoskeleton . Insects are the largest group of animals on Earth by far: about 926,400 different species have been described. [3] . They are more than half of all known living species.
The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal species; [2] new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species.
