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2 unusual facts about Synapomorphy


Synapomorphy

No other group of insects possesses similar structures (in place of hind wings—insects in the order Strepsiptera have convergently-evolved halteres in place of fore wings).

An example is the dipteran halteres, the uniquely modified hind wings found in all families of winged flies.


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