Culicoides
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Translingual
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin culex (“gnat, midge”) + -oides (“-oid, -like”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
[edit]Culicoides m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopogonidae – bloodsucking midges of which some are intermediate hosts of filarial parasites.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily; Ceratopogonidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Culicoides arakawae - species
References
[edit]- Culicoides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Culicoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Culicoides at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.