Translingual

Ampulex compressa (emerald cockroach wasp)

Proper noun

Ampulicidae

1. A taxonomic family within the superfamily Apoidea – cockroach wasps — wasps that prey on cockroaches to feed their larvae.

Hypernyms

• (family): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Hymenopterida - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Ampulicinae, Dolichurinae (subfamilies)
  • Apodolichurini, Cretampulicini, Mendampulicini (extinct tribes, incertae sedis)
  • Cariridris, Gallosphex, Longivenula, Protodolichurus (extinct genera, incertae sedis)