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Definition of Nepidae
1. Noun. Water scorpions.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Heteroptera, Suborder Heteroptera
Member holonyms: Water Scorpion, Genus Nepa, Nepa, Genus Ranatra, Ranatra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nepidae
Literary usage of Nepidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"This division includes the majority of the families of Heteroptera—viz. the whole
of the terrestrial families except Saldidae, and it also includes Nepidae, ..."
2. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"... Notonecta and its allies being admirably formed for swimming, whilst the
Nepidae are very slow in their movements in the water, their legs scarcely ..."
3. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1898)
"Waterbugs are by no means of a solitary disposition (except perhaps the Nepidae),
but usually occur together in some numbers,—several species of Corixa ..."
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