Definition of Family Mutillidae

1. Noun. A family of wasps.

Exact synonyms: Mutillidae
Generic synonyms: Hymenopter, Hymenopteran, Hymenopteron, Hymenopterous Insect
Member holonyms: Velvet Ant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Mutillidae

family Monodontidae
family Monotropaceae
family Moraceae
family Morchellaceae
family Motacillidae
family Mucoraceae
family Mugilidae
family Mullidae
family Muraenidae
family Muridae
family Musaceae
family Muscicapidae
family Muscidae
family Musophagidae
family Mustelidae
family Mutillidae (current term)
family Myacidae
family Mycetophylidae
family Mycobacteriaceae
family Mycoplasmataceae
family Myctophidae
family Myliobatidae
family Mylodontidae
family Myricaceae
family Myristicaceae
family Myrmecophagidae
family Myrmeleontidae
family Myrsinaceae
family Myrtaceae
family Mysidae

Literary usage of Family Mutillidae

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

1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"... known as cow-killers, cow-ants, solitary ants, or velvet ants of the family Mutillidae, which have solitary habits, but closely resemble the true ants. ..."

2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1871)
"The object of the present paper is to bring together as far as possible, all the known species belonging to the family Mutillidae found in North America, ..."

3. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"The velvet ants of the family Mutillidae derive their common name from their dense body covering of red, yellow, orange, or white hairs. ..."

4. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"... the best-known stinging species belong to the family Mutillidae, the velvet ants, also known as the woolly ants, cow killers, etc. (Fig. 216). ..."

5. Handbook to the City of Dublin and the Surrounding District by Grenville Arthur James Cole, R. Lloyd Praeger (1908)
"Several notable insects which find a place in English lists do not apparently occur in Ireland. \\e may refer as example to the entire family Mutillidae, ..."

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