Dictyoptera
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “net”) (from δικειν (dikein, “to throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dik-skos-, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”)) + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
Dictyoptera
- A taxonomic cohort within the supercohort Polyneoptera.
- (Dictyoptera f) A taxonomic genus within the family Lycidae – the net-winged beetles.
Usage notes
- Cohort and superorder are both used to characterize the group within Polyneoptera, with little practical difference.
Hypernyms
- (cohort or superorder): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - supercohort
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Elateriformia - infraorder; Cantharoidea - superfamily; Lycidae - family; Erotinae - subfamily; Dictyopterini - tribe
Hyponyms
References
- cohort or superorder
- Dictyoptera on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Dictyoptera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Dictyoptera at Encyclopedia of Life
- Dictyoptera at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Dictyoptera at Fossilworks
- genus
- Dictyoptera on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Dictyoptera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Dictyoptera at Encyclopedia of Life
- Dictyoptera at the Catalogue of Life
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