单词 | protura |
释义 | Proturan. Entomology. With plural agreement. An order of minute, primitive, wingless insects with slender whitish bodies and no eyes or antennae; the members of this order collectively.The Protura are frequently regarded as a separate subclass (or class) of Insecta or as a non-insect class of Hexapoda. ΚΠ 1915 Science 6 Aug. 191/1 It is actually proposed to recognize five classes of insects, the additional four being made out of the Aptera, one of them containing the recently discovered Protura. 1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) iv. 104 On eclosion from the egg Protura have eight abdominal segments and three more are added later. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 423 The Diplura, Protura and Collembola all have entognathous mouthparts. 2001 G. C. McGavin Essent. Entomol. 51 The three non-insect classes are the Protura.., Diplura.., and Collembola. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1915 |
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