Translingual

Proper noun

Polyneoptera

1. A taxonomic superorder within the infraclass Neoptera – the cockroaches etc.

Hypernyms

• (superorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Blattodea (= Dictyoptera), Dermaptera, Embioptera (= Embiidina), Grylloblattodea, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Plecoptera, Zoraptera - orders

See also

• †Caloneurodea
• Isoptera
• Phasmatodea
• †Protorthoptera
• †Titanoptera

References

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521