arthropod family

/ˌɑrθrəˈpɑd ˌfæm(ə)li/

Definitions of arthropod family

1. noun

   any of the arthropods
   types:

   Phalangiidae, family Phalangiidae

   a family of Phalangida

   Argiopidae, family Argiopidae, orb-weaver

   spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution

   Theridiidae, family Theridiidae

   a family of comb-footed spiders

   Theraphosidae, family Theraphosidae

   large tropical spiders; tarantulas

   Lycosidae, family Lycosidae

   wolf spiders

   Ctenizidae, family Ctenizidae

   large burrowing spiders

   Ixodidae, family Ixodidae

   hard ticks

   Argasidae, family Argasidae

   soft ticks

   Acaridae, family Acaridae

   mites

   Trombidiidae, family Trombidiidae

   mites

   Trombiculidae, family Trombiculidae

   mites

   Sarcoptidae, family Sarcoptidae

   small whitish mites

   Tetranychidae, family Tetranychidae

   plant-feeding mites

   Scutigeridae, family Scutigeridae

   a family of Chilopoda

   Geophilidae, family Geophilidae

   small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth

   Limulidae, family Limulidae

   horseshoe crabs

   Cancridae, family Cancridae

   many of the best known edible crabs

   Portunidae, family Portunidae

   swimming crabs

   Pinnotheridae, family Pinnotheridae

   tiny soft-bodied crabs

   Lithodidae, family Lithodidae

   deep-sea crabs of cold waters

   Majidae, family Majidae

   spider crabs

   Homaridae, family Homaridae

   large-clawed lobsters

   Nephropsidae, family Nephropsidae

   in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae

   Palinuridae, family Palinuridae

   spiny lobsters

   Astacidae, Astacura, family Astacidae

   crayfish

   Paguridae, family Paguridae

   hermit crabs

   Crangonidae, family Crangonidae

   shrimps

   Palaemonidae, family Palaemonidae

   prawns

   Peneidae, family Peneidae

   tropical prawns

   Mysidae, family Mysidae

   small shrimp-like crustaceans

   Squillidae, family Squillidae

   crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore

   Armadillidiidae, family Armadillidiidae

   pill bugs

   Oniscidae, family Oniscidae

   a family of Isopoda

   Porcellionidae, family Porcellionidae

   sow bugs

   Orchestiidae, family Orchestiidae

   beach fleas

   Triopidae, family Triopidae

   a family of Notostraca

   Balanidae, family Balanidae

   stalkless barnacles

   Lepadidae, family Lepadidae

   goose barnacles

   Peripatidae, family Peripatidae

   a family of Onychophora

   Peripatopsidae, family Peripatopsidae

   a family of Onychophora

   Cicindelidae, family Cicindelidae

   tiger beetles

   Coccinellidae, family Coccinellidae

   the ladybugs

   Carabidae, family Carabidae

   ground beetles

   Lampyridae, family 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

   Scarabaeidae, family 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

   Lucanidae, family Lucanidae

   stag beetles

   Elateridae, family Elateridae

   click beetles and certain fireflies

   Dytiscidae, family Dytiscidae

   water beetles

   Gyrinidae, family Gyrinidae

   whirligig beetles

   Anobiidae, family Anobiidae

   deathwatch beetles

   Curculionidae, family Curculionidae

   true weevils: snout beetles

   Meloidae, family Meloidae

   blister beetles

   Ipidae, Scolytidae, family Ipidae, family Scolytidae

   large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees

   Staphylinidae, family Staphylinidae

   rove beetles

   Tenebrionidae, family Tenebrionidae

   a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms

   Bruchidae, family Bruchidae

   seed beetles

   Pediculidae, family Pediculidae

   true lice: human lice and related forms

   Phthiriidae, family Phthiriidae

   crab lice

   Pulicidae, family 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

   Muscidae, family Muscidae

   two-winged flies especially the housefly

   Glossinidae, family Glossinidae

   flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies

   Calliphoridae, family Calliphoridae

   blowflies

   Tachinidae, family Tachinidae

   parasites on other insects

   Gasterophilidae, family Gasterophilidae

   horse botflies

   Cuterebridae, family Cuterebridae

   New World botflies

   Hypodermatidae, Oestridae, family Hypodermatidae, family Oestridae

   warble flies

   Tabanidae, family Tabanidae

   horseflies

   Bombyliidae, family Bombyliidae

   bee flies

   Asilidae, family Asilidae

   robber flies

   Trephritidae, Trypetidae, family Trephritidae, family Trypetidae

   fruit flies; some leaf miners

   Drosophilidae, family Drosophilidae

   fruit flies

   Hippoboscidae, family Hippoboscidae

   winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies

   Culicidae, family Culicidae

   mosquitoes

   Ceratopogonidae, family Ceratopogonidae

   biting midges; sand flies

   Chironomidae, family Chironomidae

   midges

   Mycetophilidae, family Mycetophylidae

   fungus gnats

   Psychodidae, family Psychodidae

   very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies

   Sciaridae, family Sciaridae

   fungus gnats

   Tipulidae, family Tipulidae

   crane flies

   Simuliidae, family 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

   Halictidae, family Halictidae

   a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture

   Megachilidae, family Megachilidae

   leaf-cutting and mason bees

   Vespidae, family Vespidae

   an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps

   Sphecoidea, superfamily Sphecoidea

   families Sphecidae and Stizidae

   Sphecidae, family Sphecidae

   mud daubers; some digger wasps

   Stizidae, family Stizidae

   cicada killers

   Cynipidae, family Cynipidae

   a family of Hymenoptera

   Chalcidae, Chalcididae, family Chalcidae, family Chalcididae

   an arthropod family including: chalcidflies

   Ichneumonidae, family Ichneumonidae

   ichneumon flies

   Tenthredinidae, family Tenthredinidae

   sawflies

   Formicidae, family Formicidae

   ants

   Dorylinae, subfamily Dorylinae

   army ants

   Termitidae, family Termitidae

   termites

   Rhinotermitidae, family Rhinotermitidae

   large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions

   Mastotermitidae, family Mastotermitidae

   primitive termites

   Kalotermitidae, family Kalotermitidae

   primitive termites of warm regions

   Acrididae, Locustidae, family Acrididae, family Locustidae

   short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts

   Tettigoniidae, family Tettigoniidae

   long-horned grasshoppers; katydids

   Stenopelmatidae, family Stenopelmatidae

   long-horned grasshoppers

   Gryllidae, family Gryllidae

   crickets

   Phasmatidae, Phasmidae, family Phasmatidae, family Phasmidae

   stick insects

   Phillidae, Phyllidae, family Phillidae, family Phyllidae

   leaf insects

   Blattidae, family Blattidae

   domestic cockroaches

   Cryptocercidae, family Cryptocercidae

   a family of Blattodea

   Manteidae, Mantidae, family Manteidae, family Mantidae

   mantises

   Capsidae, Miridae, family Capsidae, family Miridae

   leaf bugs

   Tingidae, family Tingidae

   lace bugs

   Lygaeidae, family Lygaeidae

   lygaeid bugs

   Coreidae, family Coreidae

   squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs

   Cimicidae, family Cimicidae

   wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects

   Notonectidae, family Notonectidae

   aquatic carnivorous insects

   Belostomatidae, family Belostomatidae

   water bugs

   Nepidae, family Nepidae

   water scorpions

   Corixidae, family Corixidae

   water bugs

   Gerridae, Gerrididae, family Gerridae, family Gerrididae

   an arthropod family that includes water striders

   Reduviidae, family Reduviidae

   assassin bugs

   Pyrrhocoridae, family 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

   Pseudococcidae, family Pseudococcidae

   scalelike insects: mealybugs

   Aphidoidea, superfamily Aphidoidea

   plant lice

   Aphididae, family Aphididae

   small soft-bodied plant lice

   Adelgidae, family Adelgidae

   plant lice

   Phylloxeridae, family Phylloxeridae

   plant lice

   Chermidae, Psyllidae, family Chermidae, family Psyllidae

   jumping plant lice

   Cicadidae, family Cicadidae

   cicadas

   Cercopidae, family Cercopidae

   froghoppers or spittlebugs

   Cicadellidae, family Cicadellidae

   leafhoppers

   Jassidae, family Jassidae

   family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications

   Membracidae, family Membracidae

   plant hoppers: treehoppers

   Fulgoridae, family Fulgoridae

   plant hoppers: lantern flies

   Psocidae, family Psocidae

   a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice

   Atropidae, family Atropidae

   booklice

   Ephemeridae, family Ephemeridae

   mayflies

   Myrmeleontidae, family Myrmeleontidae

   antlions

   Chrysopidae, family Chrysopidae

   green lacewings

   Hemerobiidae, family Hemerobiidae

   brown lacewings

   Corydalidae, family Corydalidae

   dobsons

   Sialidae, family Sialidae

   an arthropod family including: alderflies

   Raphidiidae, family Raphidiidae

   a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies

   Mantispidae, family Mantispidae

   mantispids

   Sisyridae, family Sisyridae

   an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies

   Lepismatidae, family Lepismatidae

   firebrats

   Machilidae, family Machilidae

   jumping bristletails

   Thripidae, family Thripidae

   thrips

   Forficulidae, family Forficulidae

   typical earwigs

   Nymphalidae, family Nymphalidae

   large beautifully colored butterflies

   Satyridae, family Satyridae

   a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods

   Danaidae, family Danaidae

   small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies

   Pieridae, family Pieridae

   arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies

   Lycaenidae, family Lycaenidae

   family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs

   Tortricidae, family Tortricidae

   leaf rollers and codling moths

   Lymantriidae, family Lymantriidae

   tussock moths

   Geometridae, family Geometridae

   measuring worms

   Pyralidae, Pyralididae, family Pyralidae, family Pyralididae

   bee moths; corn borers; flour moths

   Tineoidea, superfamily Tineoidea

   clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners

   Tineidae, family Tineidae

   clothes moths

   Gracilariidae, Gracillariidae, family Gracilariidae

   leaf miners

   Gelechiidae, family Gelechiidae

   important economic pests

   Noctuidae, family Noctuidae

   cutworms; armyworms

   Sphingidae, family Sphingidae

   hawkmoths

   Bombycidae, family Bombycidae

   Chinese silkworm moth

   Saturniidae, family Saturniidae

   important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known

   Arctiidae, family Arctiidae

   tiger moths

   Lasiocampidae, family Lasiocampidae

   tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths

   type of:

   family

   (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera