Culicoides
Translingual
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Culex + -oides (“-oid, -like”, adjectival suffix).
Proper noun
Culicoides m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopogonidae – bloodsucking midges of which some are intermediate hosts of filarial parasites.
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; Chironomoidea – superfamily; Ceratopogonidae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Culicoides arakawae - species
References
- Culicoides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Culicoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Culicoides at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.