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 – 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
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