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hexapod

(hĕk′sə-pŏd′)
n.
Any of numerous six-legged arthropods of the subphylum Hexapoda, which includes the insects and several groups formerly classified as insects, such as the springtails.
adj.
1. Of or belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda.
2. Having six legs or feet.
hex·ap′o·dous (hĕk-săp′ə-dəs) adj.
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Bedano J, Cantu M, Doucet M (2006) Soil springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola), Symphylans and Pauropods (Arthropoda: Myriapoda) under differents management systems in agroecosystems of the subhumid Pampa (Argentina).
Abundancia de collembola (Artropoda: Hexapoda) E interaccion con los parametros edaficos, en el agro ecosistema arroz (Oryza sativa L., Poaceae), en Panama
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While flying insects and ballooning spiders were trapped (n = 8200 total individuals; 95% Hexapoda, 5% Arachnida), crawling arthropods avoided the traps.
Experimental removal of insectivores from rain forest canopy: direct and indirect effects
Vols 3 and 4: Superclass Hexapoda. Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colo., and University of Kansas, Lawrence.
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(2014) Importancia de cultivos para el estudio de colembolos (Hexapoda: Collembola) de habitos edaficos.
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Diversity and distribution of Collembola (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) of Brazil.
Morphological characterization of insect galls and new records of associated invertebrates in a Cerrado area in Bahia State, Brazil/ Caracterizacao morfologica de galhas de insetos e novos registros de invertebrados associados em uma area de Cerrado do Estado da Bahia, Barreiras, Brasil
Contudo, com o crescimento de areas com plantios florestais e necessario realizar o monitoramento constante da entomofauna associada a estes, visto que ha um grande numero de especies-praga registradas, e a Classe Hexapoda apresenta varios grupos considerados bioindicadores, pois possuem grande diversidade de especies, habitat e apresentam significativa importancia nos processos biologicos dos ecossistemas (BERTI FILHO, 1995).
BARK BEETLE (CURCULIONIDAE: SCOLYTINAE) IN Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucalyptus granais PLANTATION IN SOUTHERN AMAZON IN ALTA FLORESTA, MATO GROSSO STATE/ESCOLITINEOS (CURCULIONIDAE: SCOLYTINAE) ASSOCIADOS A PLANTIO DE Eucalyptus urophylla x Eucalyptus granais NA AMAZONIA MERIDIONAL EM ALTA FLORESTA, MATO GROSSO
Biodiversidad de Collembola (Hexapoda: Entognatha) en Mexico.
Two new species of Americanura (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Belize, Central America

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