Ptychoptera
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), after the longitudinal fold in wings of members of this genus.
Proper noun
editPtychoptera f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ptychopteridae – the fold-winged crane flies.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Ptychopteromorpha - infraorder; Ptychopteroidea - superfamily; Ptychopteridae - family; Ptychopterinae - subfamily
References
edit- Ptychoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ptychoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Ptychoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons