Toxorhynchites

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Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) +‎ ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, beak”) +‎ -ίτης (-ítēs, nominal suffix), referring to the curved proboscis of the insect.

Proper noun

Toxorhynchites m

A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – elephant mosquitos, that do not consume blood and whose larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Culicoidea - superfamily; Culicidae - family; Culicinae - subfamily; Toxorhynchitini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Toxorhynchites (Afrorhynchus), Toxorhynchites (Ankylorhynchus), Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella), Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) - subgenera
- Toxorhynchites brevipalpis - type species; Toxorhynchites rutilus - selected other species
  - Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis - selected subspecies

Further reading

Toxorhynchites on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Toxorhynchites on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Toxorhynchites on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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