Noctoraptor
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Translingual
Etymology
From Latin noct- (“night”) + raptor.
Proper noun
Noctoraptor m
- A taxonomic subgenus within the family Halictidae – certain bees, Megalopta (Noctoraptor).
- 2000, Michael S. Engel, Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera:Halictidae) (in English), page 41:
- The nominate subgenus differs from the cleptoparasitic species of Noctoraptor by the presence of scopal hairs, a basitibial plate, and the normally developed mandibles.
Hypernyms
- (subgenus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Halictidae - family; Halictinae - subfamily; Augochlorini - tribe; Megalopta - genus
References
Halictinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Megalopta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
