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Biogeography. Lecture 20 Alexey Shipunov Minot State University March 26, 2014 Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 1 / 15 Insects: Arthropoda/Insecta Hexapoda/Insecta Insects: Arthropoda/Insecta Hexapoda/Insecta Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 2 / 15 Insects: Arthropoda/Insecta Hexapoda/Insecta Hexapods: very short overview 1) Entognatha (springtails etc.) 2) Insecta: I Apterygota I Pterygota I Palaeoptera I Neoptera I Polyneoptera I Paraneoptera I Holometabola: Hymenoptera, Neuropteroidea, Mecopterida Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 3 / 15 Insects: Arthropoda/Insecta Hexapoda/Insecta Insecta tree (Ishiwata et al., 2010) Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 4 / 15 Insects: Arthropoda/Insecta Hexapoda/Insecta A: Basal groups Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 5 / 15 Insects: Arthropoda/Insecta Hexapoda/Insecta B: Polyneoptera Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 6 / 15 Insects: Arthropoda/Insecta Hexapoda/Insecta C: Paraneoptera Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 7 / 15 Insects: Arthropoda/Insecta Hexapoda/Insecta D: Hymenoptera and Neuropteroidea Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 8 / 15 Insects: Arthropoda/Insecta Hexapoda/Insecta E: Mecopterida Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 9 / 15 Mollusca Terrestrial mollusks Mollusca Terrestrial mollusks Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 10 / 15 Mollusca Terrestrial mollusks Short overview Mollusks belong to the phylum Mollusca in Lophotrochozoa. There are many classes of mollusks but only one, gastropods (Gastropoda) was successful enough to conquer land. I Gastropoda I Cycloneritimorpha (e.g., Helicina) I Littorinimorpha (e.g., Pomatias) I Pulmonata (most of land gastropods belong here) Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 11 / 15 Mollusca Terrestrial mollusks Cycloneritimorpha: Helicina Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 12 / 15 Mollusca Terrestrial mollusks Littorinimorpha: Pomatias Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 13 / 15 Mollusca Terrestrial mollusks Pulmonata: Caracolus Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 14 / 15 Mollusca Terrestrial mollusks For Further Reading A. Shipunov. Biogeography [Electronic resource]. 2014—onwards. Mode of access: http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/biol_330 Gastropoda. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastropoda Shipunov (MSU) Biogeography. Lecture 20 March 26, 2014 15 / 15.

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