Dictyoptera

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “net”) (from δικειν (dikein, “to throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dik-skos-, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”)) + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Dictyoptera

1. A taxonomic cohort within the supercohort Polyneoptera.
2. (Dictyoptera f) A taxonomic genus within the family Lycidae – the net-winged beetles.

Usage notes

• Cohort and superorder are both used to characterize the group within Polyneoptera, with little practical difference.

Hypernyms

• (cohort or superorder): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - supercohort
• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga - suborder; Elateriformia - infraorder; Cantharoidea - superfamily; Lycidae - family;  - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

• (cohort or superorder): Blattodea (cockroaches), Isoptera (termites), Mantodea (mantises) - orders

References

cohort or superorder

• Dictyoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cohort Dictyoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dictyoptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Dictyoptera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Dictyoptera at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Dictyoptera at Paleobiology Database

genus

• Dictyoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dictyoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Dictyoptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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Dictyoptera at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Dictyoptera at the Catalogue of Life