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Ch 13 Arthropoda diversity Insecta
Course: Zoology (BIOL 212)
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University: Saginaw Valley State University
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B2. Hexapods have 6 legs, uniramous appendages,
mandibles, 3 tagmata, and Malpighian tubules.
head thorax abdomen
By far the most speciose group of arthropods [85%], their radiation appears
to be correlated with the origins and diversity of vascular plants.
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Insects are terrestrial and aerial; thus gills and the green
glands of crustaceans are not functional.
Malpighian tubules produce uric acid.
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Malpighian tubules are also present in
other terrestrial arthropods: arachnids,
chilopods, diplopods, tardigrades.
Trachael system for respiration
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