Holometabola
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “complete”) + μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Holometabola
- A taxonomic superorder within the class Insecta – many of the most common insects.
Synonyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]- (superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass
Hyponyms
[edit]- (superorder): Coleoptera (beetles), Diptera (mosquitos, gnats, true flies), Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps), Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths), Mecoptera (scorpion flies, hangingflies, scorpionflies, snowflies), Siphonaptera (fleas), Strepsiptera (parasitic insects, twisted-winged parasites, twisted-wing parasites, strepsipterans), Trichoptera (caddisflies) - orders
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (superorder): Parametabola - clade
References
[edit]Endopterygota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Endopterygota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Endopterygota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Endopterygota at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Holometabola at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- 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
