Thysanoptera
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Thrips_tabaci%252C_Frankliniella_occidentalis.jpg.webp)
Thrips tabaci (left) and Frankliniella occidentalis (both suborder Terebrantia)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos, “fringe”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
Thysanoptera
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Exopterygota – the thrips—tiny narrow-winged insects that fly using fringes of long setae rather than membranes.
Hyponyms
- (order): Terebrantia, Tubulifera (suborders)
References
Thrips on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Thysanoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Thysanoptera 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