Neoptera

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Neoptera

1. Winged insects that can flex their wings over their abdomens
   1. A taxonomic infraclass within the clade Metapterygota.
   2. A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Pterygota.

Usage notes

• There is likely to be some alteration in the immediate hypernym and hyponyms of this new taxon.

Hypernyms

• (infraclass in Metapterygota): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa, Protostomia, Ecdysozoa - clades; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade
• (infraclass in Pterygota): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass

Hyponyms

• (infraclass in Metapterygota): Hemipterodea, Endopterygota, Blattodea, Mantodea, Isoptera, Zoraptera, Grylloblattodea, Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Embioptera, Mantophasmatodea - orders
• (infraclass in Pterygota): Holometabola, Neuropterida, Paraneoptera, Polyneoptera - superorders
  • Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Trichoptera; Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera; Hemiptera, Psocodea, Thysanoptera; Blattodea, Dermaptera, Embioptera, Grylloblattodea, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Plecoptera, Zoraptera - orders

References

• Neoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Neoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Neoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Neoptera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Neoptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Neoptera at the Tree of Life Web Project