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Definition of Family Capsidae
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 Capsidae
Literary usage of Family Capsidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"family Capsidae.—Body oval; antennae threadlike, long, and 4-jointed; the end of
the thick part of the ..."
2. Zoology of the Invertebrata: A Text-book for Students. by Arthur Everett Shipley (1893)
"Family CAPSIDAE.—A veiy numerous family, whose members are active both in running
and flying. They are mostly of a medium size, oval in outline, and convex. ..."
3. A Naturalist on Lake Victoria: With an Account of Sleeping Sickness and the by Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1920)
"... was a small bug of the family Capsidae,1 which proved to be not only an
undescribed species, but sufficiently distinct to be placed in a new genus. ..."
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