Pachyptilum
Translingual
Etymology
A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús) + πτῐ́λον (ptílon). Compare Pachyptila, Pachyptile, and Pachyptilus.
Proper noun
Pachyptilum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Stratiomyidae – certain soldier flies.
- 2007 December 18th, Rüdiger Wagner et al., “Global diversity of dipteran families (Insecta Diptera) in freshwater (excluding Simulidae, Culicidae, Chironomidae, Tipulidae and Tabanidae)” in Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (Hydrobiologia, volume DXCV, № 1), eds. Estelle V. Balian et al., Springer (January 2008), →ISBN, page 508/2:
- Some genera occur almost exclusively in the Nearctic Region (Caloparyphus), in the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions (Euparyphus, Myxosargus, Anoplodontha, Hedriodiscus, Hoplitimyia, Psellidotus) or only in the Neotropical Region (Anopisthocrania, Chloromelas, Metabasis, Glariopsis, Glaris, Pachyptilum, Promeranisa, Rhingiopsis, Stratiomyella, Zuerchermyia).
- 2007 December 18th, Rüdiger Wagner et al., “Global diversity of dipteran families (Insecta Diptera) in freshwater (excluding Simulidae, Culicidae, Chironomidae, Tipulidae and Tabanidae)” in Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment (Hydrobiologia, volume DXCV, № 1), eds. Estelle V. Balian et al., Springer (January 2008), →ISBN, page 508/2:
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Stratiomyomorpha - infraorder; Stratiomyidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pachyptilum hennigi - species
References
- Pachyptilum on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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