Polyphaga

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πολυφάγος (poluphágos, “eating to excess”), from πολύς (polús) "many" + φαγεῖν (phageîn) "to eat", reflecting the wide variety of foods eaten across this group. === Proper noun === Polyphaga A taxonomic suborder within the order Coleoptera – a very great number of beetles having the prothoracic pleuron not externally visible but fused with the trochantin. (Polyphaga f) A taxonomic genus within the family Corydiidae – sand cockroaches. ==== Hypernyms ==== (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order ==== Hyponyms ==== (suborder): Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia, Elateriformia, Scarabaeiformia, Staphyliniformia (infraorders) (genus): Polyphaga aegyptiaca - type species === References === suborder Polyphaga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Polyphaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Polyphaga at the Tree of Life Web Project genus Polyphaga (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Polyphaga (Corydiidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Polyphaga (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons