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