Melanophthalma
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From melano- (“black”) + Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμός m (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -a f, literally “black-eye(d)”. Coined by Russian entomologist Victor Motschulsky in 1866.
Proper noun
[edit]Melanophthalma f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Latridiidae – certain latridiid beetles.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Melanophthalma – certain latridiid beetles.
- Synonym: Melanophthalma (Melanophthalma)
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; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Cucujiformia – infraorder; Coccinelloidea – superfamily; Latridiidae – family; Corticariinae – subfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Melanophthalma aegyptiaca, Melanophthalma cantabrica, Melanophthalma claudiae, Melanophthalma suturalis, Melanophthalma rhenana, Melanophthalma wittmeri – selected species
References
[edit]- Melanophthalma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Melanophthalma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Melanophthalma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual terms prefixed with melano-
- Translingual terms suffixed with -a
- Translingual terms coined by Victor Motschulsky
- Translingual coinages
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- mul:Taxonomic names (subgenus)
- mul:Beetles