Sternorrhyncha
Translingual
Aphis fabae (black bean aphids)
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “breast-bone”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”)
Proper noun
Sternorrhyncha
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Hemiptera – various plant-feeding insects; the aphids, whiteflies, scale insects etc.
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Condylognatha - superorder; Hemiptera - order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Aleyrodoidea (whiteflies), Aphidoidea (aphids), Coccoidea (scale insects), Phylloxeroidea (phylloxerans, pine aphids and spruce aphids), Psylloidea (jumping plant lice, etc.) (superfamilies)
- Naibioidea (extinct superfamily)
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