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Definition of Family Miridae
1. Noun. Leaf bugs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Hemiptera, Order Hemiptera
Member holonyms: Capsid, Mirid, Mirid Bug, Genus Poecilocapsus, Poecilocapsus, Genus Lygus, Lygus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Miridae
Literary usage of Family Miridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"where fungi project from the leaf surface. Several species are occasionally rather
injurious. family Miridae.—This family until recently was called the ..."
2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1916)
"... of the family Miridae is occasionally met with in New Jersey greenhouses where
orchids are grown and has been taken at various times by inspectors ..."
3. Legislative Document by New York (State). Legislature (1920)
"... found to belong to the family Miridae. Because of their striking color the
writer has called them the hop redbug. Each year since 1913 the insect has ..."
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