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Definition of Mantispidae
1. Noun. Mantispids.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Neuroptera, Order Neuroptera
Member holonyms: Mantispid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantispidae
Literary usage of Mantispidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"... and Mantispidae.* Other arrangements might be adopted by considering other
characters as of primary importance. The succession of the families proposed ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"... is complete and in others incomplete, and upon this fact the order has been
divided. The Neuroptera proper are divided into seven families: Mantispidae, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Mantispidae are remarkable among the Neuroptera for their elongate prothorax,
raptorial fore-tegs and ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"M pagana, is European ; others are found In all the warmer parts of the world.
Mantispidae (man-tis'pi-de), ». pi. ..."
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