Polyphaga

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TranslingualEdit

Bostrichus capucinus, an example of one of the Polyphaga

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) "many" + Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn) "to eat", reflecting the wide variety of foods eaten across this group

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. (Polyphaga f) A taxonomic genus within the family Polyphagidae – a cockroach.

HypernymsEdit

• (suborder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Coleoptera - order

HyponymsEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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