Velia

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Velia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Veliidae – riffle bugs, smaller water striders, broad-shouldered water striders.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Paraneoptera – superorder; Hemiptera – order; Heteroptera - suborder; Gerromorpha - infraorder; Gerroidea - superfamily; Veliidae - family; Microveliinae - subfamily; Microveliini - tribe

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• Velia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Velia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From Phocian Ϝέλᾱ (Wélā), cf. Ancient Greek Ἐλέα (Eléa).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛ.li.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː.li.a]

Velia f sg (genitive Veliae); first declension

1. a Greek colony, situated on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea between Paestum and Buxentum

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Veliēnsis

• Velia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Velia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly