Neoptera
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Proper noun
[edit]Neoptera
- Winged insects that can flex their wings over their abdomens
- A taxonomic infraclass within the clade Metapterygota.
- A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Pterygota.[1]
Usage notes
[edit]- There is likely to be some alteration in the immediate hypernym and hyponyms of this new taxon.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (infraclass in Metapterygota): Animalia – kingdom; Eumetazoa – subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa, Protostomia, Ecdysozoa – clades; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Dicondylia – clade; Pterygota – subclass; Metapterygota – clade
- (infraclass in Pterygota): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass[1]
Hyponyms
[edit]- (infraclass in Metapterygota): Hemipterodea, Endopterygota, Blattodea, Mantodea, Isoptera, Zoraptera, Grylloblattodea, Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Embioptera, Mantophasmatodea – orders
- (infraclass in Pterygota): Holometabola, Neuropterida, Paraneoptera, Polyneoptera – superorders[1]
- Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Trichoptera; Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera; Hemiptera, Psocodea, Thysanoptera; Blattodea, Dermaptera, Embioptera, Grylloblattodea, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Plecoptera, Zoraptera – orders[1]
References
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Neoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Neoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Neoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Neoptera at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Neoptera at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Neoptera at the Tree of Life Web Project