Nematocera
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[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Ancient Greek νῆμα = "thread" + κέρας = "horn, antenna", referring to their long, thin and segmented antennae.
Proper noun
[edit]Nematocera
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Diptera – gnats, mosquitoes, crane flies, etc.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order
Hyponyms
[edit]- Axymyiomorpha, Bibionomorpha, Blephariceromorpha, Culicomorpha, Psychodomorpha, Ptychopteromorpha, Tipulomorpha - infraorders
References
[edit]- Nematocera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nematocera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Nematocera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Nematocera at BugGuide