Polyphaga
Translingual
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Bostrichus capucinus, an example of one of the Polyphaga
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) "many" + Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn) "to eat", reflecting the wide variety of foods eaten across this group
Proper noun
Polyphaga
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Coleoptera – a very great number of beetles having the prothoracic pleuron not externally visible but fused with the trochantin.
- (Polyphaga f) A taxonomic genus within the family Polyphagidae – a cockroach.
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Coleoptera - order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia, Elateriformia, Scarabaeiformia, Staphyliniformia (infraorders)
- (genus): Polyphaga aegyptiaca - type species
References
Polyphaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Polyphaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Polyphaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons (genus)- Polyphaga at the Tree of Life Web Project
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