Raphidioptera
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Raphidia + -ptera, from Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphís, “needle”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wings”).
Proper noun edit
Raphidioptera
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Neuropterida – the snakeflies.
Hypernyms edit
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Neuropterida - superorder
Hyponyms edit
- (order): Inocelliidae, Raphidiidae (families)
- †Baissopteridae, †Mesoraphidiidae (extinct families)
- †Ororaphidia, †Styporaphidia (extinct genera, incertae sedis)
References edit
Snakefly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Raphidioptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Raphidioptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
