In this paper we propose a reappraisal of the relationships between the basal hexapod lineages (the former 'apterygote' insects) and the other major groups of mandibulate arthropods. It results from a cladistic analysis including 72 characters based on external morphology, internal anatomy and development. Detailed comments are provided on the various characters used and the scoring of their states. The 35 terminal taxa include 12 hexapods (9 of which are basal 'apterygote' representatives), 7 myriapods, 13 crustaceans, and 3 chelicerates taken as outgroups. The results of our analyses are discussed in detail for each of the taxonomic groupings, and compared with those recently obtained by other authors using different approaches based on morphological, palaeontological, developmental or molecular sequence data. Our results support the monophyly of the Mandibulata, Crustacea, Atelocerata (Tracheata) and Hexapoda, but the assemblage of Myriapoda appears poorly supported. A close relationship between Crustacea and Hexapoda, as hypothesized by several authors, is not found in any of our analyses. Within Hexapoda, the Protura and the Collembola appear as independent clades, whereas the two unresolved dipluran taxa are grouped with the monophyletic Ectognatha (Archaeognatha, Zygentoma and Pterygota).
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