Brachycera

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κέρας (kéras, “antenna”), referring to their short, bi- or tri-segmented antennae (which are sometimes pseudosegmented).

Proper noun

Brachycera

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Diptera – almost all flies.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Asilomorpha, Muscomorpha, Stratiomyomorpha, Tabanomorpha, Vermileonomorpha, Xylophagomorpha (infraorders)

References

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