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; 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
Category:Sternorrhyncha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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