Zygentoma
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek: coined for purposes of taxonomy in late 19th century. Derived from the Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón) in context meaning "yoke" or "bridge", and ἔντομα (éntoma) literally "cut into" because of the constrictions in the anatomy of typical insects.[1] The idea behind the name was that the taxon formed a notional link between the Pterygota and the Apterygota.[2] This view is now obsolete, but the phylogeny of the insecta was in its infancy in the late 19th and early 20th century, and the name was firmly established by the time that more defensible views were developed.
Proper noun
Zygentoma
- The silverfish and firebrats:
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Apterygota.
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Dicondylia.[3]
Translations
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Synonyms
- (order): Thysanura (obsolete)
Hypernyms
- (order in Dicondylia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - subclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Lepismatidae, Nicoletiidae, Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Protrinemuridae - families
References
- Zygentoma on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Zygentoma at the Tree of Life Web Project
- H. G. Liddell, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon: Based on the 7th Ed of Liddell & Scott's Lexicon. 1889 page 488
- Carl Julius Bernhard Börner. Zur Systematik der Hexapoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger vol 27 Pub. 1904 pp 511-533.
- 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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