endopterygote

/en-doh-ter-i-goht/US // ˌɛn doʊˈtɛr ɪˌgoʊt //

内翅目动物,内翅目人,内生型,内翅目

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : belonging or pertaining to the superorder Endopterygota, comprising the insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.

n.名词 noun

A similar though less extreme shortening of the imaginal life may be noticed in many endopterygote insects.
In this way a gradual transition from the exopterygote to the endopterygote type of life-story is at least conceivable.
A few examples from other orders of endopterygote insects will illustrate this point.
We would trace the Hymenoptera back therefore to the primitive endopterygote stock.