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Which apterygote order is completely extinct?
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Dipluran (Japygidae)
The apterygote order that is completely extinct is Monura.123
Monurans were primitive, wingless insects characterized by the presence of compound eyes and a long median tail filament (telson), with a body structure where the trunk was not clearly separated from the thorax. Along with the orders Zygentoma and Archaeognatha, Monura is classified within the subclass Apterygota.32