Strepsiptera
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρέψις (strépsis, “a turning [inward]”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
Strepsiptera
- The strepsipterans
- A taxonomic order within the class Insecta.
- 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
- Category:Strepsiptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Strepsiptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Strepsiptera at the Tree of Life Web Project