Sternorrhyncha

Translingual

Aphis fabae (black bean aphids)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “breast-bone”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”)

Proper noun

Sternorrhyncha

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Hemiptera – various plant-feeding insects; aphids, whiteflies, scale insects etc.

Hypernyms

• (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Aleyrodoidea (whiteflies), Aphidoidea (aphids), Coccoidea (scale insects), Phylloxeroidea (phylloxerans, pine aphids and spruce aphids), Psylloidea (jumping plant lice, etc.) - superfamilies
  • †Naibioidea - extinct superfamily

References

• Sternorrhyncha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sternorrhyncha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sternorrhyncha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons