Rhynchalastor
Translingual
editEtymology
editPresumably a compound of Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, muzzle, beak, bill”) + ἀλάστωρ (alástōr, “avenging deity, destroying angel”).
Proper noun
editRhynchalastor m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae – dozens of species of Afrotropical potter wasps.
Hypernyms
edit- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita – suborder; Vespoidea – superfamily; Vespidae – family; Eumeninae – subfamily
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Rhynchalastor fuscipennis – type species; Rhynchalastor auratipennis, Rhynchalastor auratus, Rhynchalastor baidoensis, Rhynchalastor bairstowi, Rhynchalastor bensoni, Rhynchalastor captiosus, Rhynchalastor carinatus, Rhynchalastor caudalis, Rhynchalastor corvus, Rhynchalastor ferruginatus, Rhynchalastor flavofasciatellus, Rhynchalastor flavofasciatus, Rhynchalastor flavotorquatus, Rhynchalastor histrionimimus, Rhynchalastor imitator, Rhynchalastor indotatus, Rhynchalastor kolensis, Rhynchalastor luteatus, Rhynchalastor lutra, Rhynchalastor miserrimus, Rhynchalastor occidentalis, Rhynchalastor politiclypeus, Rhynchalastor rhizophorarum, Rhynchalastor sorex, Rhynchalastor xanthosoma – other species
Further reading
edit- Rhynchalastor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia