Neuroptera

Translingual

Chrysopa perla

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon, cord”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Neuroptera

1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Neuropterida – lacewings and related insects.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Neuropterida - superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Hemerobiiformia, Myrmeleontiformia - selected suborders
  • Ascalaphidae, Berothidae, Chrysopidae, Coniopterygidae, Dilaridae, Hemerobiidae, Ithonidae, Mantispidae, Myrmeleontidae, Nevorthidae, Polystoechotidae, Sisyridae - families

References

• Neuroptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Neuroptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Neuroptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Neuroptera at BugGuide
• 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