Sternorrhyncha

Translingual

Aphis fabae (black bean aphids)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “breast-bone”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”)

Proper noun

Sternorrhyncha

A taxonomic suborder within the order Hemiptera – various plant-feeding insects; the aphids, whiteflies, scale insects etc.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(suborder): Aleyrodoidea (whiteflies), Aphidoidea (aphids), Coccoidea (scale insects), Phylloxeroidea (phylloxerans, pine aphids and spruce aphids), Psylloidea (jumping plant lice, etc.) (superfamilies)
- Naibioidea (extinct superfamily)

References

Sternorrhyncha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sternorrhyncha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sternorrhyncha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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