#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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