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

1. 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

Further reading

• Toxorhynchites on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Toxorhynchites on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Toxorhynchites on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons