Toxorhynchites
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon, “bow”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout, beak”) + -ίτης (-ítēs, nominal suffix), referring to the curved proboscis of the insect.
Proper noun
Toxorhynchites m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae – elephant mosquitos, that do not consume blood and whose larvae are predators of other mosquito larvae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Culicoidea - superfamily; Culicidae - family; Culicinae - subfamily; Toxorhynchitini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Toxorhynchites (Afrorhynchus), Toxorhynchites (Ankylorhynchus), Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella), Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) - subgenera
- Toxorhynchites brevipalpis - type species; Toxorhynchites rutilus - selected other species
- Toxorhynchites rutilus septentrionalis - selected subspecies
- Toxorhynchites brevipalpis - type species; Toxorhynchites rutilus - selected other species
Further reading
Toxorhynchites on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Toxorhynchites on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Toxorhynchites on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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