Scoliidae
Translingual
Scolia hirta, one of the Scoliidae
Etymology
Scolia (“said to be from Ancient Greek σκῶλος (skôlos, “pointed stake, thorn, prickle”), but perhaps from σκολιός (skoliós, “bent, slanting, oblique”)”) + -idae
Proper noun
Scoliidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – wasps, of worldwide distribution, that are solitary parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Scolioidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Parascoliinae, Scoliinae - subfamilies
- Austroscolia, Campsomeriella, Campsomeris, Colpa, Crioscolia, Megacampsomeris, Megascolia, Proscolia, Scolia, Triscolia - genera
References
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