Melanophthalma
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom melano- (“black”) + Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμός m (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -a f, literally “black-eye(d)”. Coined by Russian entomologist Victor Motschulsky in 1866.
Proper noun
editMelanophthalma f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Latridiidae – certain latridiid beetles.
- A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Melanophthalma – certain latridiid beetles.
- Synonym: Melanophthalma (Melanophthalma)
See also
edit- Melanophthalma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Melanophthalma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Melanophthalma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual terms prefixed with melano-
- Translingual terms suffixed with -a
- Translingual terms coined by Victor Motschulsky
- Translingual coinages
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
- mul:Taxonomic names (genus)
- mul:Taxonomic names (subgenus)
- mul:Beetles