# Pterygota
## Translingual
### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek, neuter plural of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”). By surface analysis, pterygo- +‎ -ota.

#### Proper noun

Pterygota
* A taxonomic subclass within the class Insecta – winged insects, also containing some secondarily wingless taxa.

##### Usage notes

The clade basal Pterygota is monotypic with the order Ephemeroptera.

##### Hypernyms

* (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class

##### Hyponyms

* (subclass): Neoptera (Holometabola, Neuropterida, Paraneoptera, Polyneoptera – superorders), Palaeoptera – infraclass
** Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Trichoptera – orders in Neoptera; Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidoptera – orders in Neuropterida; Hemiptera, Psocodea, Thysanoptera – orders in Paraneoptera; Blattodea, Dermaptera, Embioptera, Grylloblattodea, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Plecoptera, Zoraptera – orders in Polyneoptera; Ephemeroptera, Odonata – orders in Palaeoptera
    or
* (subclass): basal Pterygota, Metapterygota (clades)
** Blattodea, Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Diptera, Embioptera, Ephemeroptera, Grylloblattodea, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Isoptera, Lepidoptera, Mantodea, Mantophasmatodea, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phasmida, Phthiraptera, Plecoptera, Psocoptera, Raphidioptera, Siphonaptera, Strepsiptera, Thysanoptera, Trichoptera, Zoraptera (orders)
** †Protodiptera, †Miomoptera, †Palaeodictyoptera (extinct orders)

##### Coordinate terms

* (subclass): Archaeognatha, Dicondylia

#### References

* Pterygota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Pterygota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Pterygota on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Pterygota at the Tree of Life Web Project
* 1 2 3 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI

### Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek, feminine singular of πτερυγωτός (pterugōtós, “winged”).

#### Proper noun

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* A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – certain mallows.

##### Usage notes

* Pterygota was formerly placed in family Sterculiaceae.

##### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Malvales – order; Malvaceae – family; Sterculioideae – subfamily

##### Hyponyms

* (genus): Pterygota alata – type species; Pterygota excelsa, Pterygota kamerunensis – other species

#### References

* Pterygota (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Pterygota (Malvaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Pterygota (Malvaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Pterygota at USDA Plants database
* ↑ Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI