Pterygota
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Translingual
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek, neuter plural of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”). By surface analysis, pterygo- + -ota.
Proper noun
[edit]Pterygota
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Insecta – winged insects, also containing some secondarily wingless taxa.
Usage notes
[edit]The clade basal Pterygota is monotypic with the order Ephemeroptera.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class[1]
Hyponyms
[edit]- (subclass): Neoptera (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Paraneoptera, Polyneoptera – superorders), Palaeoptera – infraclass
- Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Trichoptera – orders in Neoptera; Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidoptera – orders in Neuropterida; Hemiptera, Psocodea, Thysanoptera – orders in Paraneoptera; Blattodea, Dermaptera, Embioptera, Grylloblattodea, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Plecoptera, Zoraptera – orders in Polyneoptera; Ephemeroptera, Odonata – orders in Palaeoptera[1]
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- (subclass): basal Pterygota, Metapterygota (clades)
- Blattodea, Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Diptera, Embioptera, Ephemeroptera, Grylloblattodea, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Lepidoptera, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Phthiraptera, Plecoptera, Psocoptera, Raphidioptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Thysanoptera, Trichoptera, Zoraptera (orders)
- †Protodiptera, †Miomoptera, †Palaeodictyoptera (extinct orders)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (subclass): Archaeognatha, Dicondylia[1]
References
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Pterygota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pterygota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Pterygota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Pterygota at the Tree of Life Web Project
Etymology 2
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From Ancient Greek, feminine singular of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”).
Proper noun
[edit]Pterygota f
Usage notes
[edit]- Pterygota was formerly placed in family Sterculiaceae.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Malvales – order;[1] Malvaceae – family; Sterculioideae – subfamily
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Pterygota alata – type species; Pterygota excelsa, Pterygota kamerunensis – other species
References
[edit]- Pterygota (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pterygota (Malvaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pterygota (Malvaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pterygota at USDA Plants database