Raphidioptera

Translingual

Phaeostigma major

Etymology

Raphidia +‎ -ptera, from Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphís, “needle”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wings”).

Proper noun

Raphidioptera

1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Neuropterida – the snakeflies.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (order): Inocelliidae, Raphidiidae (families)
  • †Baissopteridae, †Mesoraphidiidae (extinct families)
  • †Ororaphidia, †Styporaphidia (extinct genera, incertae sedis)

References

• Snakefly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Raphidioptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Raphidioptera 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