Definition of Family Fulgoridae

1. Noun. Plant hoppers: lantern flies.

Exact synonyms: Fulgoridae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Homoptera, Suborder Homoptera
Member holonyms: Lantern Fly, Lantern-fly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Fulgoridae

family Falconidae
family Fasciolidae
family Felidae
family Filariidae
family Fissurellidae
family Fistulariidae
family Fistulinaceae
family Flacourtiaceae
family Forficulidae
family Formicariidae
family Formicidae
family Fouquieriaceae
family Fregatidae
family Fringillidae
family Fucaceae
family Fulgoridae (current term)
family Fumariaceae
family Funkaceae
family Furnariidae
family Gadidae
family Galbulidae
family Gasterophilidae
family Gasterosteidae
family Gavialidae
family Gavidae
family Geastraceae
family Gekkonidae
family Gelechiidae
family Gempylidae
family Gentianaceae

Literary usage of Family Fulgoridae

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 Fulgoridae.—Antennae with only three joints; the forehead or vertex enormously enlarged. ..."

2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"... lately appeared on corn in Florida, to which I have given the above name, that peculiarly illustrates this point. It belongs to the family fulgoridae, ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1900)
"... PK Aids to recognition of some North American genera and species of the old family Fulgoridae.* Transactions, Maryland Academy of Sciences, 1900, ..."

4. Zoology of the Invertebrata: A Text-book for Students. by Arthur Everett Shipley (1893)
"Family FULGORIDAE.—The antennae are bristle-like and three-jointed. The insects are very diverse in structure, many of them have the most extraordinary ..."

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