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Noctoraptor
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul la nox noct- night + raptor.
Proper noun
1 m
subgenus family Halictidae certain bees, Megalopta (Noctoraptor) subgenus 1 from 1997
en mul 2000 Michael S. Engel Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera:Halictidae) 41 The nominate subgenus differs from the cleptoparasitic species of Noctoraptor by the presence of scopal hairs, a basitibial plate, and the normally developed mandibles.
Hypernyms
subgenus Hymenoptera order order; Apocrita suborder suborder; Apoidea superfamily superfamily; Halictidae family family; Halictinae subfamily subfamily; Augochlorini tribe tribe; Megalopta genus genus
Hyponyms
subgenus Megalopta byroni species type species
References
Halictinae
1 Megalopta