Question
Wings are absent in bed bug even then it is considered an insect. Why?
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Answer
Wings are absent in bed bug (Cimex) even then it is considered an insect because it possesses following basic characteristics of class Insecta:
- Its body is divisible into head, thorax and abdomen.
- Its exoskeleton is made up of chitin.
- It has three pairs of jointed thoracic legs.
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