Strepsiptera

Translingual

Strepsiptera example
(from family Halictophagidae

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρεψίς (strepsís, “a turning [inward]”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Strepsiptera

The strepsipterans
1. A taxonomic order within the class Insecta.
2. A taxonomic order within the superorder Holometabola.[1]

Hypernyms

(order in Holometabola): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder

Hyponyms

(order): Protoxenidae, Cretostylopidae, Mengeidae, Bahiaxenidae, Mengenillidae, Stylopidae, Bohartillidae, Corioxenidae, Halictophagidae, Callipharixenidae, Elenchidae, Myrmecolacidae - families

References

Strepsiptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Strepsiptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Strepsiptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Strepsiptera on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Strepsiptera at the Tree of Life Web Project

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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