Zygoptera
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζυγός (zugós, “even”) + πτερά (pterá, “plural of πτερόν, wing”); the front and hind wings are essentially of the same shape, differently from the related dragonflies.
Proper noun
Zygoptera
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Odonata – the damselflies.
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Palaeoptera - infraclass; Odonata - order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Calopterygoidea, Coenagrionoidea, Hemiphlebioidea, Lestoidea (superfamilies)
- Lestinoidea (extinct superfamily)
- Libanolestes (extinct genus, incertae sedis)
References
- Damselfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Zygoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Zygoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons