Megalopteran.

Brit.

/ˌmɛɡəˈlɒpt(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˌmɛɡəˈlɑptərə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Megaloptera.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Megaloptera, group name ( P. A. Latreille Buffon's Hist. Nat.: crustacés et insectes (1802) III. 289) < megalo- megalo- comb. form + ancient Greek πτερόν wing (see ptero- comb. form).

Entomology.

With plural agreement. A small group of predatory flying insects related to or included among the Neuroptera; members of this group (collectively or individually).The original Megaloptera of Latreille included his genera Chauliodes and Corydalus (dobsonflies), Sialis (alderflies), and Raphidia (snake flies). The name was adopted by MacLeay in his quinarian system (see quot. 1821), and applied by other 19th-century writers to various neuropteran groups (e.g., in quot. 1881, lacewings, ant lions, and mantis flies: cf. Neuroptera n.). They are now generally treated either as a separate neuropteroid order comprising the alderflies and dobsonflies, or as a suborder (which is frequently taken to include also the snake flies) of the order Neuroptera.

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Megaloptera1881

1821 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ ii. 440 If indeed the above three insects [sc. Sirex, Sialis, and Boreus] should eventually prove to be the types of their respective osculant orders, they may in conformity to the method in common use be styled Bomboptera, Megaloptera Lat., and Raphioptera.]

1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 151/2 Megaloptera contain many groups of insects, with mostly moniliform (or clavate) antennæ; densely reticulate broad wings; [etc.].

1938 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 4) 394 The Megaloptera fall very naturally into two superfamilies—the Sialioidea or ‘alder flies’ and the Raphidioidea or ‘snake flies’.

1969 R. F. Chapman Insects i. 12 The larval antennae of Neuroptera and Megaloptera contain a number of annuli.

1994 P. J. Gullan & P. S. Cranston Insects vi. 197/2 A third grouping is the Neuropterida (or neuropteroid orders), comprising the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	megaloptera
释义	Megalopteran. Brit. /ˌmɛɡəˈlɒpt(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˌmɛɡəˈlɑptərə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Megaloptera. Etymology: < scientific Latin Megaloptera, group name ( P. A. Latreille Buffon's Hist. Nat.: crustacés et insectes (1802) III. 289) < megalo- megalo- comb. form + ancient Greek πτερόν wing (see ptero- comb. form). Entomology. With plural agreement. A small group of predatory flying insects related to or included among the Neuroptera; members of this group (collectively or individually).The original Megaloptera of Latreille included his genera Chauliodes and Corydalus (dobsonflies), Sialis (alderflies), and Raphidia (snake flies). The name was adopted by MacLeay in his quinarian system (see quot. 1821), and applied by other 19th-century writers to various neuropteran groups (e.g., in quot. 1881, lacewings, ant lions, and mantis flies: cf. Neuroptera n.). They are now generally treated either as a separate neuropteroid order comprising the alderflies and dobsonflies, or as a suborder (which is frequently taken to include also the snake flies) of the order Neuroptera. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > division Endopterygota or Metabola (winged) > [noun] > order Neuroptera > suborder Megaloptera Megaloptera1881 1821 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ ii. 440 If indeed the above three insects [sc. Sirex, Sialis, and Boreus] should eventually prove to be the types of their respective osculant orders, they may in conformity to the method in common use be styled Bomboptera, Megaloptera Lat., and Raphioptera.] 1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 151/2 Megaloptera contain many groups of insects, with mostly moniliform (or clavate) antennæ; densely reticulate broad wings; [etc.]. 1938 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 4) 394 The Megaloptera fall very naturally into two superfamilies—the Sialioidea or ‘alder flies’ and the Raphidioidea or ‘snake flies’. 1969 R. F. Chapman Insects i. 12 The larval antennae of Neuroptera and Megaloptera contain a number of annuli. 1994 P. J. Gullan & P. S. Cranston Insects vi. 197/2 A third grouping is the Neuropterida (or neuropteroid orders), comprising the Neuroptera, Megaloptera and Raphidioptera. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1881
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