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

1. 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
• Zygoptera at the Tree of Life Web Project