Polyphaga

Translingual

Bostrichus capucinus, an example of one of the Polyphaga

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολυφάγος (poluphágos, “eating to excess”), from πολύς (polús) "many" + φαγεῖν (phageîn) "to eat", reflecting the wide variety of foods eaten across this group.

Proper noun

Polyphaga

A taxonomic suborder within the order Coleoptera – a very great number of beetles having the prothoracic pleuron not externally visible but fused with the trochantin.
(Polyphaga f) A taxonomic genus within the family Corydiidae – a cockroach.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(suborder): Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia, Elateriformia, Scarabaeiformia, Staphyliniformia (infraorders)
(genus): Polyphaga aegyptiaca - type species

References

Polyphaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polyphaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polyphaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons (genus)
Polyphaga at the Tree of Life Web Project

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