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Definition of Platyptera

Platyptera
Platyptera Pla*typ"te*ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? broad + ? a wing.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies (Perla).

Meaning of Platyptera from wikipedia

- Chiloglottis platyptera, commonly known as the winged ant orchid or Barrington Tops ant orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the New England Tableland...
- Xanthomyia platyptera is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Xanthomyia of the family Tephritidae. United States. Loew, Hermann (1873)....
- Tetrathemis platyptera, the pigmy skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is widespread in many Asian countries and locally common...
- Terminalia platyptera is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern Australia. The tree typically grows to a height of 5 to 15 metres (16 to...
- Inga platyptera is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. The plant is endemic to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion in southeastern Brazil. It is an IUCN...
- Eriocraniella platyptera is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae. It was described by Davis in 1978. It is found in north-western New York. The wingspan...
- Sparna platyptera is a species of longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae). It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1881. It is known from Brazil. BioLib...
- Calophasia platyptera, the antirrhinum brocade, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in...
- Calycomyza platyptera is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae. United States, West Indies. Thomson, C.G. (1869). Diptera. Species nova descripsit...
- thinking he was describing a new species, named this moth Semiocosma platyptera. The lectotype for this description was collected by George Hudson in...