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Definition of Family Pulicidae
1. Noun. Many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Order Siphonaptera, Siphonaptera
Member holonyms: Genus Pulex, Pulex, Ctenocephalides, Genus Ctenocephalides
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Pulicidae
Literary usage of Family Pulicidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"FVT] Family. Pulicidae (True Fleas). ROTHSCHILD'S CLASSIFICATION is as follows :—
SECTION I.—Club of antenna; distinctly segmented only on the hind side. ..."
2. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by John Lubbock (1902)
"... constituted for the family Pulicidae. In their transformations, as in many
other respects, they closely resemble the Diptera. Strauss Durck- heim indeed ..."
3. Insecta by Alpheus Hyatt, Jennie Maria (Arms). Sheldon (1890)
"E. The family Pulicidae is regarded by some entomologists as a distinct order
under the name of ..."
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