Dicondylia

Translingual

Ctenolepisma lineata (order Thysanura)

Baetis tricaudatus, subimago male (subclass Pterygota)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Dicondylia

1. A taxonomic clade within the class Insecta – all living insects, excluding the primitive Monocondylia.
2. A taxonomic subclass within the class Insecta – the single order Zygentoma.

Usage notes

The clade basal Dicondylia is monotypic with the order Zygentoma (= Thysanura specifically excluding the families Machilidae and Meinertellidae).

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class

Hyponyms

• (clade): basal Dicondylia, Pterygota (subclass) (clades)
• (subclass): Zygentoma - sole order

Coordinate terms

• (subclass): Archaeognatha, Insecta

References

• Insecta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dicondylia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies