Scoliidae

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Translingual

Scolia hirta, one of the Scoliidae

Etymology

Scolia (“said to be from Ancient Greek σκῶλος (skôlos, “pointed stake, thorn, prickle”), but perhaps from σκολιός (skoliós, “bent, slanting, oblique”)”) +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Scoliidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – wasps, of worldwide distribution, that are solitary parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae.

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; Scolioidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

(family): Parascoliinae, Scoliinae - subfamilies
- Austroscolia, Campsomeriella, Campsomeris, Colpa, Crioscolia, Megacampsomeris, Megascolia, Proscolia, Scolia, Triscolia - genera

References

Scoliidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scoliidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Scoliidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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