Isoptera

Translingual

Etymology

A compound of the Ancient Greek roots ἴσος (ísos) +‎ πτερά (pterá).

Proper noun

Isoptera

1. termites
   1. A taxonomic clade within the order Blattodea.
   2. A taxonomic epifamily within the order Blattodea.

Synonyms

• Termitoidae

Hypernyms

• (clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Blattodea - order; Blattoidea - superfamily

References

• Termite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Isoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Isoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Termitoidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Isoptera available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera