Thysanoptera

Translingual

Thrips tabaci (left) and Frankliniella occidentalis (both suborder Terebrantia)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos, “fringe”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Thysanoptera

1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Exopterygota – the thrips—tiny narrow-winged insects that fly using fringes of long setae rather than membranes.

Hyponyms

• (order): Terebrantia, Tubulifera (suborders)

References

• Thrips on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thysanoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Thysanoptera 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248