Insects

Insecta

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Insecta (Insects) is a group of arthropods. There are 942651 species of insects, in 84973 genera and 1686 families. This group has been around since the famennian age. They includes groups like Silverfish And Firebrats, Jumping Bristletails, and Winged Insects. They have sexual reproduction. Reproduction is dioecious.

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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EOL has data for 18 attributes, including:

eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Spartina
first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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364.7 million years ago
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Mozambique
- URI: https://www.geonames.org/1036973
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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terrestrial habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009
- Definition: A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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is vector for
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002459
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Basidiobolus ranarum Eidam 1886
number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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47855
number of public records in BOLD
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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3920240
parasite of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002444
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Vachellia karroo (Hayne) Banfi & Galasso (Isinga)
pathogen of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002556
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Pistacia vera L. (pistachio nut)
preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Insecta (insects)
reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
- Definition: The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
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sexual reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
- Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Serapias lingua L. (Tongue-orchid)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of insects. View this species on GBIF

insects Habitats

The environments in which many insects species are known to live. Select an environment to see its insects species checklist.

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Insect Habitats

The environments in which many insects species are known to live. Select an environment to see its insects species checklist.

insects includes 17 children: