Culicidae

Translingual

Etymology

Culex +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Culicidae

A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – mosquitoes.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Culicoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

(family): Anophelinae, Culicinae, Toxorhynchitinae - subfamilies

References

Culicidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Culicidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Culicidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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