Nematocera

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Ancient Greek νῆμα = "thread" + κέρας = "horn, antenna", referring to their long, thin and segmented antennae.

Proper noun edit

Nematocera

A taxonomic suborder within the order Diptera – gnats, mosquitoes, crane flies, etc.

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

Axymyiomorpha, Bibionomorpha, Blephariceromorpha, Culicomorpha, Psychodomorpha, Ptychopteromorpha, Tipulomorpha - infraorders

References edit

Nematocera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Nematocera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Nematocera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Nematocera at BugGuide