Definition of Family Chalcididae

1. Noun. An arthropod family including: chalcidflies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Chalcididae

family Cerambycidae
family Ceratodontidae
family Ceratophyllaceae
family Ceratopogonidae
family Ceratopsidae
family Ceratostomataceae
family Cercidiphyllaceae
family Cercopidae
family Cercopithecidae
family Certhiidae
family Cervidae
family Cestidae
family Cetorhinidae
family Chaetodontidae
family Chalcidae
family Chalcididae (current term)
family Chamaeleonidae
family Chamaeleontidae
family Characeae
family Characidae
family Characinidae
family Charadriidae
family Chelonidae
family Cheloniidae
family Chelydridae
family Chenopodiaceae
family Chermidae
family Chimaeridae
family Chinchillidae
family Chironomidae

Literary usage of Family Chalcididae

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

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Still other genera, however, of the enormous family Chalcididae, contain ant-parasites and these, though very imperfectly known, may be passed in review ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"Mr. LO Howard read a paper entitled ' Some New Scale Parasites,' in which he discussed several species of the family Chalcididae which are new to science, ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1891)
"IL ASHMEAD, WASHINGTON, DC In 1878 Dr. Arnold Forster, in his " Kleine Monographic", erected many new genera in the family Chalcididae that have been either ..."

4. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1875)
"... but afterwards become brown or black; they are usually naked (fig. 11). The family Chalcididae includes an immense number of parasitic ..."

5. Injurious and Useful Insects: An Introduction to the Study of Economic by Louis Compton Miall (1902)
"family Chalcididae. Gall-makers or parasites. To this family belong the very curious fig-insects (Blastophaga) which are essential to the pollination of the ..."

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