Apteros. Insects Invertebrates Animal kingdom, Wildlife. Fauna. Zoology. Fauna. Nature of Aragon Spain.

Apteros. Insects Invertebrates Animal kingdom, Wildlife. Fauna. Zoology.

Nature of Aragon > Fauna

Aether or apterygogen insects are insects that lack wings.
They develop without metamorphosis, that is, the offspring are born in the same way they will have as adults.
They are terrestrial, small in size and have a chewing or chopper mouthpiece.

They are classified as: Colébolo, Proturos, Dipluros y Tisanuros.

Proturos

Insects of very small size. Without antennas, with simple eyes and an itchy mouthpiece.
They have no metamorphosis.
They live in humid environments, in caves and under the stones.

Colébolo

They have a jumping organ, as a spring, in the abdomen, which allows them to jump on the ground or water. Sometimes they invade pools and ponds, and they can inhabit the snow.

Tisanuros

Insects with a chewing mouthpiece They feed on vegetables and also attack clothing, books, cookies, etc.
Composite eyes, long articulated antennas and three filaments at the abdominal end.
Body covered with small silver-looking scales.

Lepisma or silverfish (3 cm).
Lepisma or silverfish (3 cm).

Diplomas

They lack eyes.
They have mobile, articulated antennas.
They have a small size.
Abdomen with 11 segments finished in pressing tongs.
They live under the stones and leaf litter.
Catajapix (7 mm)
Green flea (5 mm)

A small presentation of the diversity of the insects could be the following:

WITHOUT WINGS or Apteros
Proturos They are the most primitive insects.
Without wings or antennae.
Colembolos Sin alas.
A ventral organ allows them to take great leaps.
Tisanuros Tres apendices terminales
Lepisma or silverfish
Dipluros Two terminal appendices.
WITH WINGS
Ephemeroptera Rudimentary mouthpieces.
Two pairs of wings.
Aquatic larvae with gills.
Ephemeral
Plecoptera Incomplete metamorphosis
Aploembia
Odonates Chewing mouth.
Two pairs of large membranous wings.
Aquatic larvae.
Libelulas
Mantoids or mantids Incomplete metamorphosis
Mantis religiosa
Blactereos Mouthpiece masticator
Cockroach
Fasmideos Mouthpiece masticator
Insect stick
Dermapteros Mouth chewing.
Tongue at the end of the abdomen.
Earwigs.
Orthotics Mouth chewing.
Two pairs of wings, of which the first protects the second.
Cricket, Lobster
Isopters Mouth chewing.
Social organization similar to that of ants.
Termes or Termites
Hemiptera Superorder that includes heteropteros and homopteros.
Heteropteros Mouthpieces choppers-suctors.
Two pairs of wings, the first one in its anterior part.
Bedbug.
Homopteros Mouthpiece picador-suctor.
Two pairs of equal wings, which sometimes are missing.
Cicadas, aphids.
Hymenoptera Mouthpieces chewing or sucking.
Four membranous wings.
Bee, Wasp, Ant
MalophagosChewing mouthpieces.
Without wings.
Places of birds and mammals.
Lice of chickens.
AnoplurosMouth filler-suctora.
Without wings.
Mammals' parts.
Head louse.
NeuropterosChewing mouth.
Four membranous wings with numerous nerviations.
Lion ant.
ColeopteraChewing mouth pieces.
Two pairs of wings, the first very coro form a protective case.
Beetles, Fireflies.
Lepidoptera Mouthpieces transformed into suctor apparatus that is spirally wound.
Two pairs of membranous wings covered with scales.
Butterflies and moths.
Diptera Biting and sucking mouthpieces.
Just a pair of wings.
Fly, Mosquito, Tipula, Tabano

The SEA is realizing a complete Catalog of the Aragonese Entomofauna that has already been partially published, where 190 families have been inventoried with 3012 species.



Other information about fauna in Aragón:

A small list of species in Aragon would be the following:

Vertebrates Invertebrates

Mammals

Birds

Reptiles

Amphibians

Fishes

Metazoans

Protozoa

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Also Aragon enjoys a diverse and varied Nature where passing by plants, animals, Geology, or landscapes we can arrive at a fantastic bestiary that lives in its monuments.

The information will not be complete without a stroll by its three provinces, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa, the Moncayo, Monegros or by opposition the Ebro.

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