#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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