Adelges

See also: adelges

Translingual

galls produced by Adelges cooleyi (spruce gall adelgid)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δῆλος (dêlos, “visible”) + -ges of uncertain meaning and derivation.

Proper noun

Adelges m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Adelgidae – the adelgids, some parasitic of trees.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia, Pterygota, Metapterygota, Neoptera, Eumetabola, Paraneoptera - clade; Condylognatha - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Sternorrhyncha - suborder; Phylloxeroidea - superfamily; Adelgidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Adelges laricis - type species; for other species see Adelges on WikispeciesWikispecies or Adelges on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Adelges on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Adelges on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Adelges on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons