Noctoraptor

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin noct- (“night”) + raptor.

Proper noun

Noctoraptor m

1. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Halictidae – certain bees, Megalopta (Noctoraptor). [from 1997]
   • 2000, Michael S. Engel, Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera:Halictidae) (in English), page 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): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Halictidae - family; Halictinae - subfamily; Augochlorini - tribe; Megalopta - genus

References

• Halictinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Megalopta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies