Isoptera

Translingual

Etymology

A compound of the Ancient Greek roots ἴσος (ísos) +‎ πτερά (pterá).

Proper noun

Isoptera

termites
1. A taxonomic clade within the order Blattodea.
2. A taxonomic epifamily within the order Blattodea.

Synonyms

Termitoidae

Hypernyms

(clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Polyneoptera - superorder; Blattodea - order; Blattoidea - superfamily

References

Termite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Isoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Isoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Termitoidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Isoptera available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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