Definition of Atropidae

1. Noun. Booklice.

Exact synonyms: Family Atropidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Corrodentia, Order Corrodentia, Order Psocoptera, Psocoptera

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atropidae

Atlas moths
Atmungsferment
Atomic Age
Atomic Energy Commission
Atrichornis
Atrichornithidae
Atriplex
Atriplex hortensis
Atriplex hymenelytra
Atriplex lentiformis
Atriplex mexicana
Atromid-S
Atropa
Atropa belladonna
Atropatene
Atropidae (current term)
Atropos
Atrovent
Atsera
Atsugewi
Attacapa
Attacapan
Attalea
Attalea funifera
Attashin
Atterton
Attic
Attic faith
Attic salt
Attica

Literary usage of Atropidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1907)
"A New Genus of Atropidae. By SAMUEL E. WEBER, Lancaster, Pa. ... The ocelli contrast this genus most strikingly from other described Atropidae. ..."

2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"The book-lice belong to another family, the Atropidae. They are very small and some of them have been supposed to make a ticking noise which in olden times ..."

3. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"... and are commonly found in small clusters on bark, while the Atropidae are the so-called book- lice, common in old books and on dry dead organic matter. ..."

4. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France by Société entomologique de France (1907)
"S.-E. WEBER : A new Genus of Atropidae, (fig.). — J.-H. LOWELL : The Bumble bees of Southern Maine. — P.-P. CALVERT : The Differentials of three North ..."

5. Annales de la Société entomologique de France by Société entomologique de France (1907)
"S. -E. WEBER : A new Genus of Atropidae. .fig.). - J.-H. LOWELL : The Bumble bees of Southern Maine. — P. -1'. ..."

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