Toxorhynchites
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Toxorhynchites m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – elephant mosquitos, that do not consume blood and whose larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae.
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; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Culicoidea - superfamily; Culicidae - family; Culicinae - subfamily; Toxorhynchitini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Toxorhynchites (Afrorhynchus), Toxorhynchites (Ankylorhynchus), Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella), Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) - subgenera
- Toxorhynchites rutilus - selected species; Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis - subspecies
Further reading
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