Neuroptera
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon, cord”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
editNeuroptera
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Neuropterida – lacewings and related insects.
Hypernyms
edit- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Neuropterida – superorder
Hyponyms
edit- (order): Hemerobiiformia, Myrmeleontiformia - selected suborders
References
edit- Neuroptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Neuroptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Neuroptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Neuroptera at BugGuide
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI