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Chrysopa perla
Translingual
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon, cord”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
Neuroptera
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Neuropterida – lacewings and related insects.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Neuropterida – superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Hemerobiiformia, Myrmeleontiformia - selected suborders
References
Neuroptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Neuroptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Neuroptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Neuroptera at BugGuide
- 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
