#arthropod_family__arthropodfamily  any of the arthropods
  supertype:  family  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
  member of:  kingdom_Animalia
  subtype:  family_Phalangiidae__Phalangiidae  a family of Phalangida
  subtype:  family_Argiopidae__Argiopidae  orb-weaving spiders; cosmopolitan
  subtype:  family_Theridiidae__Theridiidae  a family of comb-footed spiders
  subtype:  family_Theraphosidae__Theraphosidae  large tropical spiders; tarantulas
  subtype:  family_Lycosidae__Lycosidae  wolf spiders
  subtype:  family_Ctenizidae__Ctenizidae  large burrowing spiders
  subtype:  family_Ixodidae__Ixodidae  hard ticks
  subtype:  family_Argasidae__Argasidae  soft ticks
  subtype:  family_Acaridae__Acaridae  mites
  subtype:  family_Trombidiidae__Trombidiidae  mites
  subtype:  family_Trombiculidae__Trombiculidae  mites
  subtype:  family_Sarcoptidae__Sarcoptidae  small whitish mites
  subtype:  family_Tetranychidae__Tetranychidae  plant-feeding mites
  subtype:  family_Scutigeridae__Scutigeridae  a family of Chilopoda
  subtype:  family_Geophilidae__Geophilidae  small extremely elongate earth-living centipedes
  subtype:  family_Limulidae__Limulidae  horseshoe crabs
  subtype:  family_Cancridae__Cancridae  many of the best known edible crabs
  subtype:  family_Portunidae__Portunidae  swimming crabs
  subtype:  family_Pinnotheridae__Pinnotheridae  tiny soft-bodied crabs
  subtype:  family_Lithodidae__Lithodidae  deep-sea crabs of cold waters
  subtype:  family_Majidae__Majidae  spider crabs
  subtype:  family_Homaridae__Homaridae  large-clawed lobsters
  subtype:  family_Nephropsidae__Nephropsidae  in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae
  subtype:  family_Palinuridae__Palinuridae  spiny lobsters
  subtype:  family_Astacidae__Astacidae__Astacura  crayfish
  subtype:  family_Paguridae__Paguridae  hermit crabs
  subtype:  family_Crangonidae__Crangonidae  shrimps
  subtype:  family_Palaemonidae__Palaemonidae  prawns
  subtype:  family_Peneidae__Peneidae  tropical prawns
  subtype:  family_Mysidae__Mysidae  small shrimp-like crustaceans
  subtype:  family_Squillidae__Squillidae  crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore
  subtype:  family_Armadillidiidae__Armadillidiidae  pill bugs
  subtype:  family_Oniscidae__Oniscidae  a family of Isopoda
  subtype:  family_Porcellionidae__Porcellionidae  sow bugs
  subtype:  family_Orchestiidae__Orchestiidae  beach fleas
  subtype:  family_Triopidae__Triopidae  a family of Notostraca
  subtype:  family_Balanidae__Balanidae  stalkless barnacles
  subtype:  family_Lepadidae__Lepadidae  goose barnacles
  subtype:  family_Peripatidae__Peripatidae  a family of Onychophora
  subtype:  family_Peripatopsidae__Peripatopsidae  a family of Onychophora
  subtype:  family_Cicindelidae__Cicindelidae  tiger beetles
  subtype:  family_Coccinellidae__Coccinellidae  the ladybugs
  subtype:  family_Carabidae__Carabidae  ground beetles
  subtype:  family_Lampyridae__Lampyridae  fireflies
  subtype:  family_Cerambycidae__Cerambycidae  long-horned beetles
  subtype:  family_Chrysomelidae__Chrysomelidae  leaf beetles
  subtype:  family_Dermestidae__Dermestidae  carpet beetles
  subtype:  family_Cleridae__Cleridae  beetles that prey on other insects
  subtype:  superfamily_Lamellicornia__Lamellicornia  scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles
  subtype:  family_Scarabaeidae__Scarabaeidae  scarab or dung beetles
  subtype:  subfamily_Melolonthidae__Melolonthidae  considered a separate family in some classification systems
  subtype:  subfamily_Cetoniidae__Cetoniidae  considered a separate family in some classification systems
  subtype:  family_Lucanidae__Lucanidae  stag beetles
  subtype:  family_Elateridae__Elateridae  click beetles and certain fireflies
  subtype:  family_Dytiscidae__Dytiscidae  water beetles
  subtype:  family_Gyrinidae__Gyrinidae  whirligig beetles
  subtype:  family_Anobiidae__Anobiidae  deathwatch beetles
  subtype:  family_Curculionidae__Curculionidae  true weevils: snout beetles
  subtype:  family_Meloidae__Meloidae  blister beetles
  subtype:  family_Scolytidae__Scolytidae__Ipidae__family_Ipidae  large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees
  subtype:  family_Staphylinidae__Staphylinidae  rove beetles
  subtype:  family_Tenebrionidae__Tenebrionidae  a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms
  subtype:  family_Bruchidae__Bruchidae  seed beetles
  subtype:  family_Pediculidae__Pediculidae  true lice: human lice and related forms
  subtype:  family_Phthiriidae__Phthiriidae  crab lice
  subtype:  family_Pulicidae__Pulicidae  many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
  subtype:  family_Cecidomyidae__Cecidomyidae  gall midges
  subtype:  superfamily_Muscoidea__Muscoidea  two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae
  subtype:  family_Muscidae__Muscidae  two-winged flies especially the housefly
  subtype:  family_Glossinidae__Glossinidae  flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies
  subtype:  family_Calliphoridae__Calliphoridae  blowflies
  subtype:  family_Tachinidae__Tachinidae  parasites on other insects
  subtype:  family_Gasterophilidae__Gasterophilidae  horse botflies
  subtype:  family_Cuterebridae__Cuterebridae  New World botflies
  subtype:  family_Oestridae__Oestridae__Hypodermatidae__family_Hypodermatidae  warble flies
  subtype:  family_Tabanidae__Tabanidae  horseflies
  subtype:  family_Bombyliidae__Bombyliidae  bee flies
  subtype:  family_Asilidae__Asilidae  robber flies
  subtype:  family_Trypetidae__Trypetidae__Trephritidae__family_Trephritidae  fruit flies; some leafminers
  subtype:  family_Drosophilidae__Drosophilidae  fruit flies
  subtype:  family_Hippoboscidae__Hippoboscidae  winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies
  subtype:  family_Culicidae__Culicidae  mosquitoes
  subtype:  family_Ceratopogonidae__Ceratopogonidae  biting midges; sand flies
  subtype:  family_Chironomidae__Chironomidae  midges
  subtype:  Mycetophilidae__family_Mycetophylidae  fungus gnats
  subtype:  family_Psychodidae__Psychodidae  very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
  subtype:  family_Sciaridae__Sciaridae  fungus gnats
  subtype:  family_Tipulidae__Tipulidae  crane flies
  subtype:  family_Simuliidae__Simuliidae  blackflies and sand flies
  subtype:  superfamily_Apoidea__Apoidea  bees
  subtype:  family_Apidae__Apidae  honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees
  subtype:  family_Andrenidae__Andrenidae  a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground
  subtype:  family_Halictidae__Halictidae  a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture
  subtype:  family_Megachilidae__Megachilidae  leaf-cutting and mason bees
  subtype:  family_Vespidae__Vespidae  an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps
  subtype:  superfamily_Sphecoidea__Sphecoidea  families Sphecidae and Stizidae
  subtype:  family_Sphecidae__Sphecidae  mud daubers; some digger wasps
  subtype:  family_Stizidae__Stizidae  cicada killers
  subtype:  family_Cynipidae__Cynipidae  a family of Hymenoptera
  subtype:  family_Chalcididae__Chalcididae__Chalcidae__family_Chalcidae  an arthropod family including: chalcidflies
  subtype:  family_Ichneumonidae__Ichneumonidae  ichneumon flies
  subtype:  family_Tenthredinidae__Tenthredinidae  sawflies
  subtype:  family_Formicidae__Formicidae  ants
  subtype:  subfamily_Dorylinae__Dorylinae  army ants
  subtype:  family_Termitidae__Termitidae  termites
  subtype:  family_Rhinotermitidae__Rhinotermitidae  large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions
  subtype:  family_Mastotermitidae__Mastotermitidae  primitive termites
  subtype:  family_Kalotermitidae__Kalotermitidae  primitive termites of warm regions
  subtype:  family_Acrididae__Acrididae__Locustidae__family_Locustidae  short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
  subtype:  family_Tettigoniidae__Tettigoniidae  long-horned grasshoppers; katydids
  subtype:  family_Stenopelmatidae__Stenopelmatidae  long-horned grasshoppers
  subtype:  family_Gryllidae__Gryllidae  crickets
  subtype:  family_Phasmidae__Phasmidae__Phasmatidae__family_Phasmatidae  stick insects
  subtype:  family_Phyllidae__Phyllidae__Phillidae__family_Phillidae  leaf insects
  subtype:  family_Blattidae__Blattidae  domestic cockroaches
  subtype:  family_Cryptocercidae__Cryptocercidae  a family of Blattodea
  subtype:  family_Mantidae__Mantidae__Manteidae__family_Manteidae  mantises
  subtype:  family_Miridae__Miridae__Capsidae__family_Capsidae  leaf bugs
  subtype:  family_Tingidae__Tingidae  lace bugs
  subtype:  family_Lygaeidae__Lygaeidae  lygaeid bugs
  subtype:  family_Coreidae__Coreidae  squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs
  subtype:  family_Cimicidae__Cimicidae  wingless flat-bodied blood-sucking insects
  subtype:  family_Notonectidae__Notonectidae  aquatic carnivorous insects
  subtype:  family_Belostomatidae__Belostomatidae  water bugs
  subtype:  family_Nepidae__Nepidae  water scorpions
  subtype:  family_Corixidae__Corixidae  water bugs
  subtype:  family_Gerrididae__Gerrididae__Gerridae__family_Gerridae  an arthropod family that includes water striders
  subtype:  family_Reduviidae__Reduviidae  assassin bugs
  subtype:  family_Pyrrhocoridae__Pyrrhocoridae  firebugs
  subtype:  family_Aleyrodidae__Aleyrodidae  whiteflies
  subtype:  superfamily_Coccoidea__Coccoidea  scale insects and mealybugs
  subtype:  family_Coccidae__Coccidae  scale insects
  subtype:  family_Diaspididae__Diaspididae  armored scales
  subtype:  family_Dactylopiidae__Dactylopiidae  cochineal insects
  subtype:  family_Pseudococcidae__Pseudococcidae  scale-like insects: mealybugs
  subtype:  superfamily_Aphidoidea__Aphidoidea  plant lice
  subtype:  family_Aphididae__Aphididae  small soft-bodied plant lice
  subtype:  family_Adelgidae__Adelgidae  plant lice
  subtype:  family_Phylloxeridae__Phylloxeridae  plant lice
  subtype:  family_Psyllidae__Psyllidae__Chermidae__family_Chermidae  jumping plant lice
  subtype:  family_Cicadidae__Cicadidae  cicadas
  subtype:  family_Cercopidae__Cercopidae  froghoppers or spittlebugs
  subtype:  family_Cicadellidae__Cicadellidae  leafhoppers
  subtype:  family_Jassidae__Jassidae  family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications
  subtype:  family_Membracidae__Membracidae  plant hoppers: treehoppers
  subtype:  family_Fulgoridae__Fulgoridae  plant hoppers: lantern flies
  subtype:  family_Psocidae__Psocidae  a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice
  subtype:  family_Atropidae__Atropidae  booklice
  subtype:  family_Ephemeridae__Ephemeridae  mayflies
  subtype:  family_Myrmeleontidae__Myrmeleontidae  antlions
  subtype:  family_Chrysopidae__Chrysopidae  green lacewings
  subtype:  family_Hemerobiidae__Hemerobiidae  brown lacewings
  subtype:  family_Corydalidae__Corydalidae  dobsons
  subtype:  family_Sialidae__Sialidae  an arthropod family including: alderflies
  subtype:  family_Raphidiidae__Raphidiidae  a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies
  subtype:  family_Mantispidae__Mantispidae  mantispids
  subtype:  family_Sisyridae__Sisyridae  an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies
  subtype:  family_Lepismatidae__Lepismatidae  firebrats
  subtype:  family_Machilidae__Machilidae  jumping bristletails
  subtype:  family_Thripidae__Thripidae  thrips
  subtype:  family_Forficulidae__Forficulidae  typical earwigs
  subtype:  family_Nymphalidae__Nymphalidae  large beautifully colored butterflies
  subtype:  family_Danaidae__Danaidae  small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies
  subtype:  family_Pieridae__Pieridae  cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies
  subtype:  family_Lycaenidae__Lycaenidae  family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs
  subtype:  family_Tortricidae__Tortricidae  leaf rollers and codling moths
  subtype:  family_Lymantriidae__Lymantriidae  tussock moths
  subtype:  family_Geometridae__Geometridae  measuring worms
  subtype:  family_Pyralidae__Pyralidae__Pyralididae__family_Pyralididae  bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
  subtype:  superfamily_Tineoidea__Tineoidea  clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners
  subtype:  family_Tineidae__Tineidae  clothes moths
  subtype:  family_Gracilariidae__Gracilariidae__Gracillariidae  leaf miners
  subtype:  family_Gelechiidae__Gelechiidae  important economic pests
  subtype:  family_Noctuidae__Noctuidae  cutworms; armyworms
  subtype:  family_Sphingidae__Sphingidae  hawkmoths
  subtype:  family_Bombycidae__Bombycidae  Chinese silkworm moth
  subtype:  family_Saturniidae__Saturniidae  important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known
  subtype:  family_Arctiidae__Arctiidae  tiger moths
  subtype:  family_Lasiocampidae__Lasiocampidae  tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths

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