Megaloptera
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas) + πτερόν (pterón)
Proper noun
Megaloptera
- A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Neuropterida - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Corydalidae, Sialidae (families)
Descendants
English: megalopterous
References
- Megaloptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Megaloptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Megaloptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Megaloptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI