Definition of Subfamily cetoniidae

1. Noun. Considered a separate family in some classification systems.

Exact synonyms: Cetoniidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Family Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeidae
Member holonyms: Cetonia, Genus Cetonia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subfamily Cetoniidae

subessive case
subexponential
subexpression
subexpressions
subfactor
subfamilies
subfamily
subfamily Acoraceae
subfamily Anserinae
subfamily Bovinae
subfamily Cabombaceae
subfamily Caesalpinioideae
subfamily Carduelinae
subfamily Carpinaceae
subfamily Cetoniidae
subfamily Corylaceae
subfamily Dorylinae
subfamily Dracaenaceae
subfamily Dracenaceae
subfamily Emberizidae
subfamily Emberizinae
subfamily Garrulinae
subfamily Gerbillinae
subfamily Hydromyinae
subfamily Loriinae
subfamily Lutrinae
subfamily Malaconotinae
subfamily Melinae
subfamily Melolonthidae

Literary usage of Subfamily cetoniidae

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

1. Insect Life by Division of Entomology, United States Bureau of Entomology (1891)
"The number of species may be said to be certainly 12000, and more probably is nearer 13000; the subfamily Cetoniidae comprising upwards of 1600 species, ..."

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