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Zoraptera

Insect Orders

Zoraptera is an insect order sometimes called angel insects or ground lice, small soft-bodied insects occurring in winged and wingless forms and bearing a distinctive nine-segmented beaded antenna. They are mostly found under bark, in dry wood or in leaf litter, feeding largely on fungus and detritus, and the order is absent from Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Europe despite occurring on most other continents.

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Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ540502, descriptionView the Source
2. Zoraptera - Wikipedia
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Zoraptera
Wikidata Q540502, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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