cyclorrhaphan
cyclorrhaphan noun: any fly of the taxon Cyclorrhapha.
Noun
cyclorrhaphan (plural cyclorrhaphans)
- Any fly of the taxon Cyclorrhapha
- Because circumversion originated in the Platypezidae and persists through the highest forms of the Schizophora, because it is featured in the lowest and among the highest cyclorrhaphans, we are convinced that the suborder Cyclorrhapha is properly considered to be a monophyletic group.1968, The Wasmann Journal of Biology, volume 26, page 103
- The apparent oldest cyclorrhaphan, Opetiala shatalkani, is a compression fossil wing from the Purbeck of England (ca. 140 MYO), and it precedes other early cyclorrhaphans by about 10 MY.2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 533
- Synonyms:
- circular-seamed fly
Synonyms of cyclorrhaphan
- circular-seamed fly
Forms of cyclorrhaphan
| plural | cyclorrhaphans |
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Origin of cyclorrhaphan
From taxonomic name Cyclorrhapha + -an.
Questions about cyclorrhaphan
- What does cyclorrhaphan mean?
- Cyclorrhaphan means any fly of the taxon Cyclorrhapha.
- What part of speech is cyclorrhaphan?
- Cyclorrhaphan is a noun.
- What is the plural of cyclorrhaphan?
- The plural of cyclorrhaphan is cyclorrhaphans.
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