Pterygota
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Ancient Greek, neuter plural of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”).
Proper noun[edit]
Pterygota
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Insecta – winged insects, also containing some secondarily wingless taxa.
Usage notes[edit]
The clade basal Pterygota is monotypic with the order Ephemeroptera.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class[1]
Hyponyms[edit]
- (subclass): Neoptera (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Paraneoptera, Polyneoptera - superorders), Palaeoptera - infraclasses
- Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Trichoptera - orders in Neoptera; Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidoptera - orders in Neuropterida; Hemiptera, Psocodea, Thysanoptera - orders in Paraneoptera; Blattodea, Dermaptera, Embioptera, Grylloblattodea, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Plecoptera, Zoraptera - orders in Polyneoptera; Ephemeroptera, Odonata - orders in Palaeoptera[1]
- or
- (subclass): basal Pterygota, Metapterygota (clades)
- Blattodea, Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Diptera, Embioptera, Ephemeroptera, Grylloblattodea, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Lepidoptera, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Phthiraptera, Plecoptera, Psocoptera, Raphidioptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Thysanoptera, Trichoptera, Zoraptera (orders)
- †Protodiptera, †Miomoptera, †Palaeodictyoptera (extinct orders)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (subclass): Archaeognatha, Dicondylia[1]
References[edit]
- Pterygota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pterygota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pterygota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pterygota at the Tree of Life Web Project
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
Etymology 2[edit]
From Ancient Greek, feminine singular of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”).
Proper noun[edit]
Pterygota f
Usage notes[edit]
- Pterygota was formerly placed in family Sterculiaceae.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Malvales - order;[1] Malvaceae - family; Sterculioideae - subfamily
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Pterygota alata - type species; Pterygota excelsa, Pterygota kamerunensis - other species
References[edit]
- Pterygota (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pterygota (Malvaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pterygota (Malvaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pterygota at USDA Plants database
- ^ 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