Dictyoptera

Translingual edit

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “net”) (from δικειν (dikein, “to throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dik-skos-, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”)) + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Dictyoptera

A taxonomic cohort within the supercohort Polyneoptera.
(Dictyoptera f) A taxonomic genus within the family Lycidae – the net-winged beetles.

Cohort and superorder are both used to characterize the group within Polyneoptera, with little practical difference.

(cohort or superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - supercohort
(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Elateriformia - infraorder; Cantharoidea - superfamily; Lycidae - family; Erotinae - subfamily; Dictyopterini - tribe