arthropod family
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Any of the arthropods (synset 101761823)
is a type of: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generasubtypes:
- 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 gerridae, family gerrididae, gerridae, gerrididae - 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
- family lasiocampidae, lasiocampidae - tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths
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