Tachytes

Translingual

Tachytes distinctus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τᾰχῠτής f (takhutḗs, “speed; quickness”).

Proper noun

Tachytes f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Crabronidae – solitary wasps, predatory on grasshoppers and katydids.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Crabronidae - family; Crabroninae (square-headed wasps) - subfamily; Larrini - tribe; Gastrosericina - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Tachytes obsoletus (Tachytes obsoletus tricoloratus) - type species; Tachytes distinctus, Tachytes etruscus, Tachytes guatemalensis, Tachytes gyusanus, Tachytes intermedius, Tachytes panzeri - selected other species

References

• Tachytes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tachytes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tachytes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons