Polyneoptera

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + Neoptera.

Proper noun

Polyneoptera

1. The cockroaches etc
   1. A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Neoptera.
   2. A taxonomic cohort within the infraclass Neoptera.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Blattodea (= Dictyoptera), Dermaptera, Embioptera (= Embiidina), Grylloblattodea, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Plecoptera, Zoraptera - orders

See also

• †Caloneurodea
• Isoptera
• Phasmida
• †Protorthoptera
• †Titanoptera

References

• Polyneoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polyneoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Polyneoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• 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