Rhyphus

Translingual

Proper noun

Rhyphus m

1. (taxonomy, archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Anisopodidae – certain wood gnats, with atypical wing venation; false craneflies; now Sylvicola.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Ryphidae (formerly); Anisopodidae (as Sylvicola)

Hyponyms

• (genus): Rhyphus alternatus, Rhyphus marginatus, Rhyphus scalaris, Rhyphus taeniata – selected species, now all in Sylvicola

References

• Sylvicola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sylvicola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sylvicola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sylvicola at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Rhyphus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.