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Descriptor English: Holometabola
Descriptor Spanish: Holometabola
Descriptor Holometabola
Scope note: Superorden de insectos del grupo NEOPTERA que mediante metamorfosis pasan de huevo a larva, pupa y estado adulto. Los órdenes CULICIDAE (MOSQUITOS), APIDAE (ABEJAS), LEPIDOPTERA (MARIPOSAS) y DIPTERA (MOSCAS) pertenecen a este grupo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Holometábolos
Descriptor French: Holometabola
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000074748
Scope note: A superorder of insects within the NEOPTERA that go through metamorphosis from egg to larva, pupa, and adult stages. Orders of MOSQUITOES; BEES; BUTTERFLIES; and FLEAS belong to this group.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Insects (1992-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
DeCS ID: 56897
Unique ID: D000074748
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/05/05
Holometabola - Preferred
Concept UI M000627387
Scope note A superorder of insects within the NEOPTERA that go through metamorphosis from egg to larva, pupa, and adult stages. Orders of MOSQUITOES; BEES; BUTTERFLIES; and FLEAS belong to this group.
Preferred term Holometabola



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