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Types of Textures in Insect Wings and Classification

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Summary

Class Insecta (Hexapoda) is divided into two subclasses Apterygota and Pterygota.

Apterygota consists of primitive insects having six legs and no flying wings like

Protura, Thysanura and Collembola. Subclass Pterygota has 28 flying insect orders

and only a few orders have been quoted in the present study, which are of consequence

in bio-aerodynamic studies. The names of orders, wings details and their examples

are shown in Table 5.1.

The detailed classification of the insects is beyond the scope of this book (Table

5.2).