Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Culicidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the mosquitoes.

Hypernyms

• (family): Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Culicoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Anophelinae, Culicinae, Toxorhynchitinae - subfamilies