Brachycera
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κέρας (kéras, “antenna”), referring to their short, bi- or tri-segmented antennae (which are sometimes pseudosegmented).
Proper noun
editBrachycera
Hypernyms
edit- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order
Hyponyms
edit- (suborder): Asilomorpha, Muscomorpha, Stratiomyomorpha, Tabanomorpha, Vermileonomorpha, Xylophagomorpha (infraorders)
References
edit- Brachycera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Brachycera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Brachycera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons