Definition of Family Hemerobiidae

1. Noun. Brown lacewings.

Exact synonyms: Hemerobiidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Neuroptera, Order Neuroptera
Member holonyms: Aphid Lion, Aphis Lion, Brown Lacewing, Hemerobiid, Hemerobiid Fly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Hemerobiidae

family Gyrinidae
family Hadrosauridae
family Haematopodidae
family Haemodoraceae
family Haemoproteidae
family Haemulidae
family Halictidae
family Haliotidae
family Haloragaceae
family Haloragidaceae
family Hamamelidaceae
family Helicidae
family Helodermatidae
family Helotiaceae
family Helvellaceae
family Hemerobiidae (current term)
family Hemerocallidaceae
family Hemiprocnidae
family Hemiramphidae
family Heteromyidae
family Hexagrammidae
family Hexanchidae
family Hippoboscidae
family Hippocastanaceae
family Hippopotamidae
family Hipposideridae
family Hirudinidae
family Hirundinidae
family Holocentridae
family Holothuridae

Literary usage of Family Hemerobiidae

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

1. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"A brown lacewing, family Hemerobiidae. Order Diptera Flies, gnats, midges, and others FAMILIES Cecidomyiidae (gall midges) Syrphidae (hover flies) ..."

2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Family HEMEROBIIDAE (see page 934) of . . Neuroptera. 11 10) With biting mouth parts 12 12 (15) With a pair of prolegs on the last segment only (except in ..."

3. Bibliotheca Zoologica by Julius Victor Carus, Wilhelm Engelmann (1889)
"268—270. belonging to the family Hemerobiidae. (With 1 PI.) in: Journ. of Entomology. Vol.2. (1806.) no. 9. 1863. p. 111—116. ..."

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