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Record 1 2016-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
ephemeroptera
Latin
plectoptera
Latin
DEF

An order of slender delicate insects that have membranous net-veined wings, that comprise the mayflies and related insects, and that were formerly included among the Neuroptera.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
ephemeroptera
Latin
plectoptera
Latin
DEF

Insecte à métamorphoses incomplètes, remarquable par ses trois longs cerques et par la brève durée de la vie adulte, tel que les éphémères, baetis et formes voisines réparties en plusieurs familles. (Les éphéméroptères forment un ordre.)

OBS

Les termes «éphémère» et «plectoptère» sont plus souvent employés au pluriel.

Spanish

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