
Fig. 4. An abbreviated cladogram (redrawn from
Regier and Schultz, 1998;
Strausfeld, 1998) showing the
phylogenetic relationships between the major tracheated arthropod classes, the
occurrence of discontinuous gas exchange cycles (DGCs) and the earliest known
fossil evidence of terrestriality. *The tracheated Onychophora is
shown as an outgroup. **See Lighton
(1998). mya, million years
ago.