Plecoptera
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλέκω (plékō, “plait, braid”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
Plecoptera
- A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – stoneflies.
Hypernyms
- (order): 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 – superorder; Anartioptera – cohort; Polyplecoptera – magnorder; Plecopterida – superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Antarctoperlaria, Arctoperlaria – suborders
References
Plecoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Plecoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Plecoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Plecoptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Plecoptera at the Tree of Life Web Project
- 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
