Nematocera

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Ancient Greek νῆμα = "thread" + κέρας = "horn, antenna", referring to their long, thin and segmented antennae.

Proper noun

Nematocera

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Diptera – gnats, mosquitoes, crane flies, etc.

Hypernyms

• (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order

Hyponyms

• Axymyiomorpha, Bibionomorpha, Blephariceromorpha, Culicomorpha, Psychodomorpha, Ptychopteromorpha, Tipulomorpha - infraorders

References

• Nematocera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nematocera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Nematocera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Nematocera at BugGuide