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By definition all insects are arthropods - evidencing the defining characteristics of the phylum: segmented bodies, joint appendages, bodies covered by a chitinous exoskeleton. Insects (class Insecta) fall below the subphylum Hexapoda ("six legs") below phylum Arthropoda ("jointed appendages").

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