Bostrichoidea
Translingual
Etymology
Bostrichus + -oidea
Proper noun
Bostrichoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Coleoptera – very many beetles.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga - suborder; Bostrichiformia - infraorder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Bostrichidae, Dermestidae, Endecatomidae, Ptinidae - families
- Anobiidae (now included in family Ptinidae), Jacobsoniidae (now placed in superfamily Staphylinoidea), Nosodendridae - families formerly placed in superfamily Bsotrichoidea
References
- Bostrichoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bostrichoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Bostrichoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons