Arthropod Family (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the arthropods.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Spiders belong to a diverse arthropod family that has adapted to various environments.
- Insects are the largest arthropod family with over a million described species.
- Crabs are part of a unique arthropod family that includes lobsters and crayfish.
- The arthropod family of scorpions is ancient, with fossil records dating back to the Silurian period.
- Ticks and mites belong to a parasitic arthropod family that can be detrimental to human health.
Hyponyms
- Family Theridiidae
- Family Cryptocercidae
- Family Rhinotermitidae
- Family Lasiocampidae
- Family Squillidae
- Family Blattidae
- Family Mastotermitidae
- Family Limulidae
- Family Cynipidae
- Family Satyridae
- Family Stenopelmatidae
- Family Mantispidae
- Family Pediculidae
- Family Acaridae
- Family Culicidae
- Family Staphylinidae
- Astacura
- Family Apidae
- Family Peripatidae
- Family Aleyrodidae
- Family Locustidae
- Subfamily Melolonthidae
- Family Phillidae
- Family Atropidae
- Pyralididae
- Family Trypetidae
- Family Lymantriidae
- Family Gracilariidae
- Family Tabanidae
- Subfamily Dorylinae
- Family Manteidae
- Family Lygaeidae
- Superfamily Coccoidea
- Family Ephemeridae
- Family Peripatopsidae
- Family Meloidae
- Family Drosophilidae
- Family Palaemonidae
- Family Dactylopiidae
- Family Scutigeridae
- Family Gyrinidae
- Family Coccidae
- Family Bombycidae
- Ipidae
- Family Calliphoridae
- Family Gasterophilidae
- Family Bombyliidae
- Family Lepismatidae
- Family Tettigoniidae
- Family Dermestidae
- Family Machilidae
- Family Stizidae
- Family Tenthredinidae
- Family Ichneumonidae
- Family Cicadellidae
- Family Anobiidae
- Superfamily Sphecoidea
- Family Tetranychidae
- Family Membracidae
- Family Chrysopidae
- Family Cerambycidae
- Family Tineidae
- Family Oniscidae
- Family Lycaenidae
- Family Ctenizidae
- Family Astacidae
- Family Pyralidae
- Family Sphecidae
- Family Gelechiidae
- Family Palinuridae
- Family Fulgoridae
- Family Psychodidae
- Chermidae
- Family Tachinidae
- Family Theraphosidae
- Family Argiopidae
- Family Formicidae
- Family Forficulidae
- Family Diaspididae
- Family Chalcididae
- Superfamily Aphidoidea
- Family Argasidae
- Family Belostomatidae
- Family Tenebrionidae
- Family Mysidae
- Family Reduviidae
- Family Capsidae
- Capsidae
- Family Lepadidae
- Family Gerrididae
- Family Myrmeleontidae
- Family Chrysomelidae
- Family Psocidae
- Family Muscidae
- Family Cicindelidae
- Family Noctuidae
- Family Trombiculidae
- Family Cimicidae
- Family Sisyridae
- Family Sphingidae
- Family Adelgidae
- Family Homaridae
- Family Phasmatidae
- Family Elateridae
- Family Cuterebridae
- Family Tipulidae
- Family Phyllidae
- Family Termitidae
- Family Portunidae
- Family Lampyridae
- Family Thripidae
- Family Raphidiidae
- Family Cercopidae
- Family Crangonidae
- Family Triopidae
- Manteidae
- Family Aphididae
- Family Chermidae
- Family Orchestiidae
- Phasmatidae
- Family Pulicidae
- Family Cecidomyidae
- Family Kalotermitidae
- Family Pinnotheridae
- Family Trephritidae
- Family Coreidae
- Orb-weaver
- Family Bruchidae
- Family Hypodermatidae
- Phillidae
- Family Nephropsidae
- Family Scolytidae
- Family Lucanidae
- Family Corixidae
- Family Andrenidae
- Subfamily Cetoniidae
- Family Pyrrhocoridae
- Family Phalangiidae
- Family Hemerobiidae
- Family Carabidae
- Family Simuliidae
- Hypodermatidae
- Superfamily Muscoidea
- Chalcidae
- Family Peneidae
- Family Dytiscidae
- Family Pieridae
- Family Tortricidae
- Family Balanidae
- Family Phthiriidae
- Family Mycetophylidae
- Family Acrididae
- Gerridae
- Family Nymphalidae
- Gracillariidae
- Family Vespidae
- Family Curculionidae
- Family Cancridae
- Family Majidae
- Family Tingidae
- Family Trombidiidae
- Family Phylloxeridae
- Family Chalcidae
- Family Hippoboscidae
- Family Coccinellidae
- Family Cicadidae
- Family Miridae
- Family Pseudococcidae
- Family Phasmidae
- Family Sciaridae
- Family Saturniidae
- Family Gryllidae
- Locustidae
- Superfamily Apoidea
- Family Lycosidae
- Family Mantidae
- Family Nepidae
- Family Megachilidae
- Family Glossinidae
- Family Danaidae
- Family Scarabaeidae
- Family Paguridae
- Family Ixodidae
- Family Psyllidae
- Family Gerridae
- Superfamily Lamellicornia
- Family Sarcoptidae
- Family Porcellionidae
- Family Oestridae
- Family Halictidae
- Family Asilidae
- Family Ipidae
- Family Geophilidae
- Family Notonectidae
- Family Lithodidae
- Trephritidae
- Family Cleridae
- Family Geometridae
- Family Pyralididae
- Superfamily Tineoidea
- Family Chironomidae
- Family Arctiidae
- Family Sialidae
- Family Ceratopogonidae
- Family Armadillidiidae
- Family Jassidae
- Family Corydalidae