Aparaglossata

Aparaglossata is a clade of insects comprising all modern holometabolous insects except for Hymenoptera.^[1] The clade is named for one of its most recognizable synapomorphies, the absence of paraglossae. The clade is also characterized by a modification of the ovipositor and a reduction in number of Malpighian tubules.

Aparaglossata
Image depicting 4 taxa in the clade Aparaglossata Top right - Chrysopa sp. Top left - Aglais io Bottom right - Lamprima aurata Bottom left - Panorpa communis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
(unranked):	Holometabola
Clade:	Aparaglossata Peters et al. 2014
Clades
Mecopterida Neuropteroidea

The larval groundplan of Aparaglossata was prognathous, had well-developed stemmata, and an H-shaped tentorium.

Phylogeny

Phylogeny of Aparaglossata:^[1][2]

Aparaglossata	Mecopterida Amphiesmenoptera Trichoptera Lepidoptera Antliophora Diptera Mecoptera Siphonaptera Neuropteroidea Neuropterida Raphidioptera Megaloptera Neuroptera Coleopterida Strepsiptera Coleoptera

References

1. Peters, Ralph S.; Meusemann, Karen; Petersen, Malte; Mayer, Christoph; Wilbrandt, Jeanne; Ziesmann, Tanja; Donath, Alexander; Kjer, Karl M.; Aspöck, Ulrike; Aberer, Andre; Stamatakis, Alexandros; Friedrich, Frank; Hünefeld, Frank; Niehuis, Oliver; Beutel, Rolf G.; Misof, Bernhard (2014). "The evolutionary history of holometabolous insects inferred from transcriptome-based phylogeny and comprehensive morphological data". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 52. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-52. PMC 4000048. PMID 24646345.
2. Beutel, Rolf G.; Yavorskaya, Margarita I.; Mashimo, Yuta; Fukui, Makiki; Meusemann, Karen (2017). "The phylogeny of Hexapoda (Arthropoda) and the evolution of megadiversity". Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan. 51: 1–15.