Polyphaga
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TranslingualEdit
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
- 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.
- (Polyphaga f) A taxonomic genus within the family Polyphagidae.
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