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Definition of Family Tetranychidae
1. Noun. Plant-feeding mites.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Acarina, Order Acarina
Member holonyms: Spider Mite, Tetranychid, Genus Panonychus, Panonychus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Tetranychidae
Literary usage of Family Tetranychidae
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)
"Family. Tetranychidae (Spinning Mites). These have tracheae and eyes; the palpi
are composed of four segments, of which the last but one has a powerful claw ..."
2. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1904)
"... as well as from all others of the family Tetranychidae in having the last
joint of the palpi attached to the tip of the preceding joint. ..."
3. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"These two species belong to the family Tetranychidae. The disease known as "GONONE"
in Celebes and New Guinea is caused by the ..."
4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1921)
"Ewing, HE—New nearctic spider mites of the family Tetranychidae. 50, lix, 659-66.
NEUROPTERA. Dietz, HF—Notes on the termites of Indiana. 56, 1920, 87-96. ..."