Panstrongylus

Translingual

Panstrongylus megistus

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “very”, adjective-enhancing prefix) +‎ στρογγύλος (strongúlos, “round, spherical, curved”).

Proper noun

Panstrongylus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – triatomid bugs that includes some important vectors (Panstrongylus megistus) which transmit the causative trypanosome of Chagas disease to humans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Paraneoptera – superorder; Hemiptera – order; Heteroptera - suborder; Cimicomorpha - infraorder; Reduvioidea - superfamily; Reduviidae - family; Triatominae - subfamily; Triatomini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Panstrongylus guentheri - type species; Panstrongylus mitarakaensis, Panstrongylus megistus - selected other species

References

• Panstrongylus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Panstrongylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Panstrongylus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Panstrongylus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• “Panstrongylus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.