Strepsiptera
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Strepsiptera example
(from family Halictophagidae
Translingual
(from family Halictophagidae
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρεψίς (strepsís, “a turning ”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
Strepsiptera
- The strepsipterans
- A taxonomic order within the class Insecta.
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Holometabola.
Hypernyms
- (order in Holometabola): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Protoxenidae, Cretostylopidae, Mengeidae, Bahiaxenidae, Mengenillidae, Stylopidae, Bohartillidae, Corioxenidae, Halictophagidae, Callipharixenidae, Elenchidae, Myrmecolacidae - families
References
Strepsiptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Strepsiptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Strepsiptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Strepsiptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Strepsiptera 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248