Strepsiptera

Translingual

Strepsiptera example
(from family Halictophagidae

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρεψίς (strepsís, “a turning [inward]”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Strepsiptera

1. The strepsipterans
   1. A taxonomic order within the class Insecta.
   2. A taxonomic order within the superorder Holometabola.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (order): Protoxenidae, Cretostylopidae, Mengeidae, Bahiaxenidae, Mengenillidae, Stylopidae, Bohartillidae, Corioxenidae, Halictophagidae, Callipharixenidae, Elenchidae, Myrmecolacidae - families

References

• Strepsiptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Strepsiptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Strepsiptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Strepsiptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Strepsiptera at the Tree of Life Web Project