Meloidae

Translingual

Etymology

Meloe +‎ -idae. Meloe is of obscure origin, appearing as melloes in the writings of Paracelsus; possibly from Ancient Greek μέλω (mélō, “to probe a wound, care for”), or an alteration of Latin molestus, referring to liquid released from the joints when molested.

Proper noun

Meloidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – blister beetles.

Hypernyms

• (family): 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; Tenebrionoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Eleticinae, Meloinae, Nemognathinae, Tetraonycinae - subfamilies

References

• Meloidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meloidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Meloidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Meloidae at BugGuide
• Richard E. White: Peterson Field Guides: Beetles (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983 ISBN: 0-395-33953-7)