Rhynchalastor
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Translingual
Etymology
Presumably a compound of Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, muzzle, beak, bill”) + ἀλάστωρ (alástōr, “avenging deity, destroying angel”).
Proper noun
Rhynchalastor m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae – dozens of species of Afrotropical potter wasps.
Hypernyms
- (family): 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; Vespoidea – superfamily; Vespidae – family; Eumeninae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rhynchalastor fuscipennis – type species; Rhynchalastor auratipennis, Rhynchalastor auratus, Rhynchalastor baidoensis, Rhynchalastor bairstowi, Rhynchalastor bensoni, Rhynchalastor captiosus, Rhynchalastor carinatus, Rhynchalastor caudalis, Rhynchalastor corvus, Rhynchalastor ferruginatus, Rhynchalastor flavofasciatellus, Rhynchalastor flavofasciatus, Rhynchalastor flavotorquatus, Rhynchalastor histrionimimus, Rhynchalastor imitator, Rhynchalastor indotatus, Rhynchalastor kolensis, Rhynchalastor luteatus, Rhynchalastor lutra, Rhynchalastor miserrimus, Rhynchalastor occidentalis, Rhynchalastor politiclypeus, Rhynchalastor rhizophorarum, Rhynchalastor sorex, Rhynchalastor xanthosoma – other species
Further reading
Rhynchalastor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
