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

1. 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.
2. (Polyphaga f) A taxonomic genus within the family Corydiidae – sand cockroaches.

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

suborder

• Polyphaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polyphaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polyphaga at the Tree of Life Web Project

genus

• Polyphaga (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polyphaga (Corydiidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polyphaga (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons