Dictyoptera
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek δίκτυον (díktuon, “net”) (from δικειν (dikein, “to throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dik-skos-, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”)) + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
Dictyoptera
- A taxonomic cohort within the supercohort Polyneoptera.
- (Dictyoptera f) A taxonomic genus within the family Lycidae – the net-winged beetles.
Usage notes
- Cohort and superorder are both used to characterize the group within Polyneoptera, with little practical difference.
Hypernyms
- (cohort or superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - supercohort
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga - suborder; Elateriformia - infraorder; Cantharoidea - superfamily; Lycidae - family; Erotinae - subfamily; Dictyopterini - tribe
Hyponyms
References
- cohort or superorder
Dictyoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cohort Dictyoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Dictyoptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Dictyoptera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Dictyoptera at Paleobiology Database
- genus
- Dictyoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dictyoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Dictyoptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Dictyoptera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Dictyoptera at the Catalogue of Life
