Delia
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Delia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Anthomyiidae – certain flies, including specialist species that are important agricultural pests.
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- (genus): 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; Schizophora - section; Calyptratae - subsection; Muscoidea - superfamily; Anthomyiidae - family; Anthomyiinae - subfamily; Hydrophoriini - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Delia cardui - type species; Delia antiqua (Onion maggot/onion fly), Delia coarctata (wheat bulb maggot/wheat bulb fly), Delia floralis (turnip maggot/turnip fly), Delia florilega (bean seed maggot/bean seed fly), Delia planipalpis, Delia platura (seed-corn maggot/seed-corn fly), Delia radicum (cabbage maggot/cabbage fly) - selected other species; for other species see Delia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References edit
- Delia (fly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Delia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Delia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek Δήλῐᾰ (Dḗlia), epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos.
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Delia
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- ~1886, William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White: Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19:
- Sentiment hallows the vowels of Delia;/Sweet simplicity breathes from Rose;
- 1995, Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years, Knopf, →ISBN, page 8:
- "I'm Delia Grinstead," she told him. - - - "I don't believe I've ever run into a Delia before." "Well, it's Cordelia, really. My father named me that."
- A village in Alberta, Canada.
- A city in Kansas.
- A municipality of Sicily, Italy.
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Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek Δήλῐᾰ (Dḗlia), epithet of Artemis. Also used as a short form of the rare given name Adelia.
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Delia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Delia