subgeneric

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ generic.

Adjective

subgeneric (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a subgenus.
    • 2008 October 1, Kim Timmermann, Michael Kuhlmann, “Redefinition of the Southern African Bee Subgenera Patellapis (s. str.), P. (Chaetalictus) and P. (Lomatalictus) (hymenoptera: Halictidae, Genus Patellapis Friese, 1909)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 81, number 4, →DOI, page 357:
      The morphological diversity within, as well between, the subgenera of Patellapis and the existence of intermediate species confuses the subgeneric limits.
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