(n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n.
(n.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See Hexapoda.
(n.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.
Example Sentences:
(1) These two cDNAs have also been sequenced revealing that one encodes a polypeptide similar to arylphorins, a class of storage proteins widely distributed in Insecta.
(2) The aquatic larvae of the genus Chironomus (Diptera, Insecta) contain at least 12 different hemoglobin (Hb) variants in their hemolymph.
(3) No general theory explains why a sterile worker caste is not found in all species of both Hymenoptera and Isoptera (Insecta).
(4) The skewness is higher in groups with relatively short lifespan (Insecta, Rotatoria, Mollusca).
(5) In the nervous system of the cockroach (Insecta, Arthropoda) and Aplysia (Gastropoda, Mollusca) distribution of PHI and VIP was examined by immunocytochemistry.
(6) The primary structure of the dimeric hemoglobin (erythrocruorin) CTT-IX from the insect larva Chironomus thummi thummi (Insecta Diptera) is given.
(7) Systematic elucidations of the chemical structures of glycosphingolipids from members of the phyla Arthropoda (class:insecta) of the Protostomia have shown several characteristic differences to those of the Deuterostomia, e.g., the Vertebrata.
(8) As a consequence of detecting an IgM M-protein (naturally occurring diseased-state monoclonal antibody) immunoreactive to insect acidic glycolipids in a patient with demyelinating peripheral neuropathy, normal human sera were examined for the occurrence of heterophile antibodies directed against carbohydrate epitopes present on glycosphingolipids of Calliphora vicina (Insecta: Diptera).
(9) The presence of these retrotransposable elements throughout Insecta and the observation that single species can harbor divergent families within its rRNA-encoding DNA loci present interesting questions concerning the age of these elements and the possibility of cross-species transfer.
(10) Study of 14 species of Gregarines from terrestrial arthropods (Myriapoda and Insecta) of south Korea.
(11) Larval epidermis of Tenebrio molitor (Insecta, Coleoptera) was maintained in vitro for 48 hr, since the electrophysiological properties of the cells are best characterized under these conditions.
(12) Injection of heat-killed bacteria into larvae of the large tenebrionid beetle Zophobas atratus (Insecta, Endopterygota, Coleoptera) results in the appearance in the hemolymph of a potent antibacterial activity as evidenced by a plate growth inhibition assay.
(13) Among the invertebrate sequences, 7 represented the phylum Annelida, 13 represented Insecta and Crustacea of the phylum Arthropoda, and 6 represented the phylum Mollusca.
(14) Acrosin is widely distributed from Insecta to Echinodermata and Vertebrata; hyaluronidase has a similar diffusion, but seems to be absent from an Insect and from Echinodermata.
(15) Singing muscles of the katydid, Neoconocephalus robustus (Insecta, Tettigoniidae) are neurogenic, yet perform at contraction-relaxation frequencies as high as 212 Hz (Josephson and Halverson, '71).
(16) MAb 3G6 labels cone cells in eucone eyes throughout Insecta, from ancestral forms such as the bristle tail to the more recent honeybee; eucone structures are also recognized in Crustacea.
(17) Chironomidea (Insecta) is recently considered one of the most common inhalant antigen in Japan.
(18) The twitch duration of mesothoracic wing muscles of the male katydid Neoconocephalus robustus (Insecta; Orthoptera; Tettigoniidae) decreases rapidly within the first 5 days of adulthood, to about half of its value in newly molted adults.
(19) Cadmium(Cd)-binding proteins were induced in three species of insect (Insecta, Arthropoda) larvae (midge, fleshfly and silkworm) by loading of Cd.
(20) The pattern of R3 occurrence indicates that this retinoid cannot be considered a phylogenetic marker, having a scattered distribution in the class Insecta as well as within some orders of insects.
Insectology
Definition:
(n.) Entomology.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the new Harvard study, published in the Bulletin of Insectology, the scientists studied the health of 18 bee colonies in three locations in central Massachusetts from October 2012 till April 2013.