Polyphaga

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TranslingualEdit

Bostrichus capucinus

EtymologyEdit

Proper nounEdit

Polyphaga

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Coleoptera – a very great number of beetles having the prothoracic pleuron not externally visible but fused with the trochantin.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Polyphagidae.

HyponymsEdit

• (suborder): Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia, Elateriformia, Scarabaeiformia, Staphyliniformia (infraorders)
• (genus): Polyphaga aegyptiaca - type species

Further readingEdit

• Polyphaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polyphaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polyphaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons (genus)
• Polyphaga at the Tree of Life Web Project