Toxorhynchites
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, beak”) + -ίτης (-ítēs, nominal suffix), referring to the curved proboscis of the insect.
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 brevipalpis – type species; Toxorhynchites rutilus – selected other species
- Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis – selected subspecies
- Toxorhynchites brevipalpis – type species; Toxorhynchites rutilus – selected other species
Further reading
- Toxorhynchites on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Toxorhynchites on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Toxorhynchites on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons