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Holometabola
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Holometabola
Holometabola
Translingual
Proper noun
Holometabola
- A taxonomic superorder within the class Insecta.
Hypernyms
- (superorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass
Hyponyms
- (superorder): Coleoptera (beetles), Diptera (mosquitos, gnats, true flies), Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps), Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths), Mecoptera (scorpion flies, hangingflies, scorpionflies, snowflies), Siphonaptera (fleas), Strepsiptera (parasitic insects, twisted-winged parasites, twisted-wing parasites, strepsipterans), Trichoptera (caddisflies) - orders
References
- 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521