Mecoptera

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Proper noun

Mecoptera

A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – scorptionflies.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class

Hyponyms

(order): †Aneuretopsychidae, Apteropanorpidae, †Australochoristidae, Bittacidae (hangingflies), Boreidae (snow scorpionflies), Choristidae, †Choristopsychidae, †Cimbrophlebiidae, †Dinopanorpidae, †Permochoristidae, †Englathaumatidae, Eomeropidae, Meropeidae (earwigflies), †Mesopsychidae, †Nedubroviidae, Panorpidae (common scorpionflies), Panorpodidae(short-faced scorpionflies), †Permochoristidae, Pseudopolycentropodidae

References

Mecoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mecoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mecoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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