Siphonaptera
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “pipe, tube”) and ἄπτερος (ápteros, “wingless”).
Proper noun
Siphonaptera
- A taxonomic order within the subdivision Endopterygota – the fleas.
Synonyms
- (order): Aphaniptera
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Antliophora - clade
Hyponyms
- (order): Ceratophyllomorpha, Hystrichopsyllomorpha, Pulicomorpha, Pygiopsyllomorpha (infraorders)
References
- Flea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Siphonaptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Siphonaptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Siphonaptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Siphonaptera at Paleology Database
- Siphonaptera in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- 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