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Definition of Family Fulgoridae
1. Noun. Plant hoppers: lantern flies.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Homoptera, Suborder Homoptera
Member holonyms: Lantern Fly, Lantern-fly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Fulgoridae
Literary usage of Family Fulgoridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"family Fulgoridae.—Antennae with only three joints; the forehead or vertex
enormously enlarged. ..."
2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"... lately appeared on corn in Florida, to which I have given the above name, that
peculiarly illustrates this point. It belongs to the family fulgoridae, ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1900)
"... PK Aids to recognition of some North American genera and species of the old
family Fulgoridae.* Transactions, Maryland Academy of Sciences, 1900, ..."
4. Zoology of the Invertebrata: A Text-book for Students. by Arthur Everett Shipley (1893)
"Family FULGORIDAE.—The antennae are bristle-like and three-jointed. The insects
are very diverse in structure, many of them have the most extraordinary ..."
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