Zygoptera
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Zygoptera
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Odonata – damselflies.
Hypernyms edit
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Palaeoptera - infraclass; Odonata - order
Hyponyms edit
- (suborder): Calopterygoidea, Coenagrionoidea, Hemiphlebioidea, Lestoidea (superfamilies)
- †Lestinoidea (extinct superfamily)
- †Libanolestes (extinct genus, incertae sedis)
- †Lestinoidea (extinct superfamily)
References edit
Damselfly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Zygoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Zygoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
