Raphidioptera
Translingual
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Phaeostigma major
Etymology
Raphidia + -ptera, from Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphís, “needle”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wings”).
Proper noun
Raphidioptera
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Neuropterida – the snakeflies.
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): Inocelliidae, Raphidiidae (families)
- †Baissopteridae, †Mesoraphidiidae (extinct families)
- †Ororaphidia, †Styporaphidia (extinct genera, incertae sedis)
References
Snakefly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Raphidioptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Raphidioptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521