Definition of arthropod family Arthropod family
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| arthropod family - any of the arthropods | ||
| family primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" | ||
| animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals | ||
| family phalangiidae, phalangiidae a family of Phalangida | ||
| argiopidae, family argiopidae, orb-weaver spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution | ||
| family theridiidae, theridiidae a family of comb-footed spiders | ||
| family theraphosidae, theraphosidae large tropical spiders; tarantulas | ||
| family lycosidae, lycosidae wolf spiders | ||
| ctenizidae, family ctenizidae large burrowing spiders | ||
| family ixodidae, ixodidae hard ticks | ||
| argasidae, family argasidae soft ticks | ||
| acaridae, family acaridae mites | ||
| family trombidiidae, trombidiidae mites | ||
| family trombiculidae, trombiculidae mites | ||
| family sarcoptidae, sarcoptidae small whitish mites | ||
| family tetranychidae, tetranychidae plant-feeding mites | ||
| family scutigeridae, scutigeridae a family of Chilopoda | ||
| family geophilidae, geophilidae small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth | ||
| family limulidae, limulidae horseshoe crabs | ||
| cancridae, family cancridae many of the best known edible crabs | ||
| family portunidae, portunidae swimming crabs | ||
| family pinnotheridae, pinnotheridae tiny soft-bodied crabs | ||
| family lithodidae, lithodidae deep-sea crabs of cold waters | ||
| family majidae, majidae spider crabs | ||
| family homaridae, homaridae large-clawed lobsters | ||
| family nephropsidae, nephropsidae in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae | ||
| family palinuridae, palinuridae spiny lobsters | ||
| astacidae, astacura, family astacidae crayfish | ||
| family paguridae, paguridae hermit crabs | ||
| crangonidae, family crangonidae shrimps | ||
| family palaemonidae, palaemonidae prawns | ||
| family peneidae, peneidae tropical prawns | ||
| family mysidae, mysidae small shrimp-like crustaceans | ||
| family squillidae, squillidae crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore | ||
| armadillidiidae, family armadillidiidae pill bugs | ||
| family oniscidae, oniscidae a family of Isopoda | ||
| family porcellionidae, porcellionidae sow bugs | ||
| family orchestiidae, orchestiidae beach fleas | ||
| family triopidae, triopidae a family of Notostraca | ||
| balanidae, family balanidae stalkless barnacles | ||
| family lepadidae, lepadidae goose barnacles | ||
| family peripatidae, peripatidae a family of Onychophora | ||
| family peripatopsidae, peripatopsidae a family of Onychophora | ||
| cicindelidae, family cicindelidae tiger beetles | ||
| coccinellidae, family coccinellidae the ladybugs | ||
| carabidae, family carabidae ground beetles | ||
| family lampyridae, lampyridae fireflies | ||
| cerambycidae, family cerambycidae long-horned beetles | ||
| chrysomelidae, family chrysomelidae leaf beetles | ||
| dermestidae, family dermestidae carpet beetles | ||
| cleridae, family cleridae beetles that prey on other insects | ||
| lamellicornia, superfamily lamellicornia scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles | ||
| family scarabaeidae, scarabaeidae scarab or dung beetles | ||
| melolonthidae, subfamily melolonthidae considered a separate family in some classification systems | ||
| cetoniidae, subfamily cetoniidae considered a separate family in some classification systems | ||
| family lucanidae, lucanidae stag beetles | ||
| elateridae, family elateridae click beetles and certain fireflies | ||
| dytiscidae, family dytiscidae water beetles | ||
| family gyrinidae, gyrinidae whirligig beetles | ||
| anobiidae, family anobiidae deathwatch beetles | ||
| curculionidae, family curculionidae true weevils: snout beetles | ||
| family meloidae, meloidae blister beetles | ||
| family ipidae, family scolytidae, ipidae, scolytidae large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees | ||
| family staphylinidae, staphylinidae rove beetles | ||
| family tenebrionidae, tenebrionidae a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms | ||
| bruchidae, family bruchidae seed beetles | ||
| family pediculidae, pediculidae true lice: human lice and related forms | ||
| family phthiriidae, phthiriidae crab lice | ||
| family pulicidae, pulicidae many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals | ||
| cecidomyidae, family cecidomyidae gall midges | ||
| muscoidea, superfamily muscoidea two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae | ||
| family muscidae, muscidae two-winged flies especially the housefly | ||
| family glossinidae, glossinidae flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies | ||
| calliphoridae, family calliphoridae blowflies | ||
| family tachinidae, tachinidae parasites on other insects | ||
| family gasterophilidae, gasterophilidae horse botflies | ||
| cuterebridae, family cuterebridae New World botflies | ||
| family hypodermatidae, family oestridae, hypodermatidae, oestridae warble flies | ||
| family tabanidae, tabanidae horseflies | ||
| bombyliidae, family bombyliidae bee flies | ||
| asilidae, family asilidae robber flies | ||
| family trephritidae, family trypetidae, trephritidae, trypetidae fruit flies; some leaf miners | ||
| drosophilidae, family drosophilidae fruit flies | ||
| family hippoboscidae, hippoboscidae winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies | ||
| culicidae, family culicidae mosquitoes | ||
| ceratopogonidae, family ceratopogonidae biting midges; sand flies | ||
| chironomidae, family chironomidae midges | ||
| family mycetophylidae, mycetophilidae fungus gnats | ||
| family psychodidae, psychodidae very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies | ||
| family sciaridae, sciaridae fungus gnats | ||
| family tipulidae, tipulidae crane flies | ||
| family simuliidae, simuliidae blackflies and sand flies | ||
| apoidea, superfamily apoidea bees | ||
| apidae, family apidae honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees | ||
| andrenidae, family andrenidae a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground | ||
| family halictidae, halictidae a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture | ||
| family megachilidae, megachilidae leaf-cutting and mason bees | ||
| family vespidae, vespidae an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps | ||
| sphecoidea, superfamily sphecoidea families Sphecidae and Stizidae | ||
| family sphecidae, sphecidae mud daubers; some digger wasps | ||
| family stizidae, stizidae cicada killers | ||
| cynipidae, family cynipidae a family of Hymenoptera | ||
| chalcidae, chalcididae, family chalcidae, family chalcididae an arthropod family including: chalcidflies | ||
| family ichneumonidae, ichneumonidae ichneumon flies | ||
| family tenthredinidae, tenthredinidae sawflies | ||
| family formicidae, formicidae ants | ||
| dorylinae, subfamily dorylinae army ants | ||
| family termitidae, termitidae termites | ||
| family rhinotermitidae, rhinotermitidae large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions | ||
| family mastotermitidae, mastotermitidae primitive termites | ||
| family kalotermitidae, kalotermitidae primitive termites of warm regions | ||
| acrididae, family acrididae, family locustidae, locustidae short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts | ||
| family tettigoniidae, tettigoniidae long-horned grasshoppers; katydids | ||
| family stenopelmatidae, stenopelmatidae long-horned grasshoppers | ||
| family gryllidae, gryllidae crickets | ||
| family phasmatidae, family phasmidae, phasmatidae, phasmidae stick insects | ||
| family phillidae, family phyllidae, phillidae, phyllidae leaf insects | ||
| blattidae, family blattidae domestic cockroaches | ||
| cryptocercidae, family cryptocercidae a family of Blattodea | ||
| family manteidae, family mantidae, manteidae, mantidae mantises | ||
| capsidae, family capsidae, family miridae, miridae leaf bugs | ||
| family tingidae, tingidae lace bugs | ||
| family lygaeidae, lygaeidae lygaeid bugs | ||
| coreidae, family coreidae squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs | ||
| cimicidae, family cimicidae wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects | ||
| family notonectidae, notonectidae aquatic carnivorous insects | ||
| belostomatidae, family belostomatidae water bugs | ||
| family nepidae, nepidae water scorpions | ||
| corixidae, family corixidae water bugs | ||
| family gerrididae, gerrididae, family gerridae, gerridae an arthropod family that includes water striders | ||
| family reduviidae, reduviidae assassin bugs | ||
| family pyrrhocoridae, pyrrhocoridae firebugs | ||
| aleyrodidae, family aleyrodidae whiteflies | ||
| coccoidea, superfamily coccoidea scale insects and mealybugs | ||
| coccidae, family coccidae scale insects | ||
| diaspididae, family diaspididae armored scales | ||
| dactylopiidae, family dactylopiidae cochineal insects | ||
| family pseudococcidae, pseudococcidae scalelike insects: mealybugs | ||
| aphidoidea, superfamily aphidoidea plant lice | ||
| aphididae, family aphididae small soft-bodied plant lice | ||
| adelgidae, family adelgidae plant lice | ||
| family phylloxeridae, phylloxeridae plant lice | ||
| chermidae, family chermidae, family psyllidae, psyllidae jumping plant lice | ||
| cicadidae, family cicadidae cicadas | ||
| cercopidae, family cercopidae froghoppers or spittlebugs | ||
| cicadellidae, family cicadellidae leafhoppers | ||
| family jassidae, jassidae family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications | ||
| family membracidae, membracidae plant hoppers: treehoppers | ||
| family fulgoridae, fulgoridae plant hoppers: lantern flies | ||
| family psocidae, psocidae a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice | ||
| atropidae, family atropidae booklice | ||
| ephemeridae, family ephemeridae mayflies | ||
| family myrmeleontidae, myrmeleontidae antlions | ||
| chrysopidae, family chrysopidae green lacewings | ||
| family hemerobiidae, hemerobiidae brown lacewings | ||
| corydalidae, family corydalidae dobsons | ||
| family sialidae, sialidae an arthropod family including: alderflies | ||
| family raphidiidae, raphidiidae a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies | ||
| family mantispidae, mantispidae mantispids | ||
| family sisyridae, sisyridae an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies | ||
| family lepismatidae, lepismatidae firebrats | ||
| family machilidae, machilidae jumping bristletails | ||
| family thripidae, thripidae thrips | ||
| family forficulidae, forficulidae typical earwigs | ||
| family nymphalidae, nymphalidae large beautifully colored butterflies | ||
| family satyridae, satyridae a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods | ||
| danaidae, family danaidae small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies | ||
| family pieridae, pieridae arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies | ||
| family lycaenidae, lycaenidae family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs | ||
| family tortricidae, tortricidae leaf rollers and codling moths | ||
| family lymantriidae, lymantriidae tussock moths | ||
| family geometridae, geometridae measuring worms | ||
| family pyralidae, family pyralididae, pyralidae, pyralididae bee moths; corn borers; flour moths | ||
| superfamily tineoidea, tineoidea clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners | ||
| family tineidae, tineidae clothes moths | ||
| family gracilariidae, gracilariidae, gracillariidae leaf miners | ||
| family gelechiidae, gelechiidae important economic pests | ||
| family noctuidae, noctuidae cutworms; armyworms | ||
| family sphingidae, sphingidae hawkmoths | ||
| bombycidae, family bombycidae Chinese silkworm moth | ||
| family saturniidae, saturniidae important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known | ||
| arctiidae, family arctiidae tiger moths | ||
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