Phoroidea

Translingual

Etymology

Phora +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Phoroidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Diptera – the phorid and related flies.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Aschiza - section

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Lonchopteridae, Ironomyiidae, Sciadoceridae, Phoridae - families

References

• Phoroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phoroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Phoroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phoroidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Phoroidea at Paleobiology Database