Culicoides
Translingual
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin culex (“gnat, midge”) + -oides (“-oid, -like”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopogonidae – bloodsucking midges of which some are intermediate hosts of filarial parasites.
Hypernyms
edit- (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; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily; Ceratopogonidae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Culicoides arakawae - species
References
edit- Culicoides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Culicoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Culicoides at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.