Reduvius
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reduvia (“a remainder, remnant, fragment”), describing the habit of the nymph of the type species Reduvius personatus camouflaging itself with small pieces of debris.
Proper noun
Reduvius m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Reduviidae – typical assassin bugs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Paraneoptera – superorder; Hemiptera – order; Heteroptera – suborder; Cimicomorpha – infraorder; Reduvioidea – superfamily; Reduviidae – family; Reduviinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Reduvius personatus (masked hunter) - type species
Derived terms
References
- Reduvius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Reduvius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Reduvius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons