Definition of Mantispidae

1. Noun. Mantispids.

Exact synonyms: Family Mantispidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Neuroptera, Order Neuroptera
Member holonyms: Mantispid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantispidae

Mansonites
Mansonoides
Manta birostris
Mantegna
Mantegnesque
Manteidae
Mantel-Haenszel test
Mantell
Manteodea
Mantidae
Mantinea
Mantinean
Mantineans
Mantineia
Mantis religioso
Mantispidae (current term)
Mantle
Mantophasmatodea
Mantoux pit
Mantoux test
Mantoykas
Mantua
Mantuan
Mantuans
Manu
Manual
Manuel
Manuel Rodriquez Patriotic Front
Manuel de Falla
Manueline

Literary usage of Mantispidae

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

1. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"... and Mantispidae.* Other arrangements might be adopted by considering other characters as of primary importance. The succession of the families proposed ..."

2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"... is complete and in others incomplete, and upon this fact the order has been divided. The Neuroptera proper are divided into seven families: Mantispidae, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Mantispidae are remarkable among the Neuroptera for their elongate prothorax, raptorial fore-tegs and ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"M pagana, is European ; others are found In all the warmer parts of the world. Mantispidae (man-tis'pi-de), ». pi. ..."

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