subgeneric en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English generic English subgeneric From sub- + generic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a subgenus.
The morphological diversity within, as well between, the subgenera of Patellapis and the existence of intermediate species confuses the subgeneric limits.
2008 October 1, Kim Timmermann, Michael Kuhlmann, “Redefinition of the Southern African Bee Subgenera Patellapis (s. str.), P. (Chaetalictus) and P. (Lomatalictus) (hymenoptera: Halictidae, Genus Patellapis Friese, 1909)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 81, number 4, →DOI, page 357:
- (not-comparable) Of of pertaining to a subgenre.
Deriveds
consubgeneric · subgenerically · intersubgeneric · infrasubgeneric