ARTHROPOD GENUS

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• ARTHROPOD GENUS (noun)
  The noun ARTHROPOD GENUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of arthropods

  Familiarity information: ARTHROPOD GENUS used as a noun is very rare.

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• ARTHROPOD GENUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of arthropods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("arthropod genus" is a kind of...):

genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arthropod genus"):

genus Phalangium; Phalangium (type genus of the family Phalangiidae)

Chelifer; genus Chelifer (a genus of Chelonethida)

genus Mastigoproctus; Mastigoproctus (giant whip scorpions)

Argiope; genus Argiope (the type genus of Argiopidae; small genus of orb-weaving spiders)

Aranea; Araneus; genus Aranea; genus Araneus (a genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders)

genus Latrodectus; Latrodectus (venomous spiders)

genus Lycosa; Lycosa (type genus of the family Lycosidae)

genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)

Dermacentor; genus Dermacentor (vectors of important diseases of man and animals)

genus Trombicula; Trombicula (type genus of the family Trombiculidae)

genus Sarcoptes; Sarcoptes (type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites)

genus Panonychus; Panonychus (a genus of Tetranychidae)

genus Scutigerella; Scutigerella (garden centipedes)

genus Scutigera; Scutigera (a genus of Scutigeridae)

genus Geophilus; Geophilus (type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs)

genus Limulus; Limulus (type genus of the family Limulidae)

genus Tachypleus; Tachypleus (a genus of Limulidae)

genus Architeuthis (giant squid)

genus Menippe; Menippe (stone crabs)

Cancer; genus Cancer (type genus of the family Cancridae)

genus Portunus; Portunus (type genus of the family Portunidae)

genus Ovalipes; Ovalipes (a genus of Portunidae)

Callinectes; genus Callinectes (New World blue crabs)

genus Uca; Uca (fiddler crabs)

genus Pinnotheres; Pinnotheres (type genus of the family Pinnotheridae: pea crabs)

genus Paralithodes; Paralithodes (a genus of Lithodidae)

genus Maia; genus Maja; Maia; Maja (type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution)

genus Macrocheira; Macrocheira (giant crabs of Japan)

genus Homarus; Homarus (type genus of the family Homaridae: common edible lobsters)

genus Nephrops; Nephrops (a genus of Nephropsidae)

genus Palinurus; Palinurus (type genus of the family Palinuridae)

Astacus; genus Astacus (type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish)

Cambarus; genus Cambarus (a genus of Astacidae)

genus Pagurus; Pagurus (type genus of the family Paguridae)

Crangon; genus Crangon (type genus of the family Crangonidae)

genus Palaemon; Palaemon (type genus of the family Palaemonidae; widely distributed genus)

genus Peneus; Peneus (type genus of the family Peneidae)

genus Mysis; Mysis (type genus of the family Mysidae)

genus Praunus; Praunus (a genus of Mysidae)

genus Squilla (type genus of the family Squillidae)

Armadillidium; genus Armadillidium (type genus of the Armadillidiidae)

genus Oniscus; Oniscus (type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball)

genus Porcellio; Porcellio (Old World genus of isopod crustaceans)

genus Orchestia; Orchestia (type genus of the family Orchestiidae)

Caprella; genus Caprella (skeleton shrimp)

Cyamus; genus Cyamus (whale lice)

genus Daphnia (water fleas)

Artemia; Chirocephalus; genus Artemia; genus Chirocephalus (fairy shrimp; brine shrimp)

genus Triops; Triops (type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye)

genus Cyclops (copepod water fleas)

Balanus; genus Balanus (type genus of the family Balanidae)

genus Lepas; Lepas (type genus of the family Lepadidae)

genus Peripatus (type genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions)

genus Plicatoperipatus; Plicatoperipatus (a genus of Peripatidae)

genus Peripatopsis; Peripatopsis (type genus of Peripatopsidae; onychophorans of chiefly Asiatic and African tropical regions)

Adalia; genus Adalia (genus of ladybugs)

Epilachna; genus Epilachna (genus of ladybugs native to Mexico and Central America; both larvae and adults feed on plants)

genus Hippodamia; Hippodamia (genus of ladybugs)

genus Rodolia; genus Vedalia; Rodolia (genus of Australian ladybugs)

Brachinus; genus Brachinus (bombardier beetles)

genus Calosoma (genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars)

genus Monochamus; Monochamus (sawyer beetles)

genus Leptinotarsa; Leptinotarsa (Colorado potato beetles)

genus Scarabaeus (type genus of the Scarabaeidae)

genus Popillia; Popillia (a genus of Scarabaeidae)

Anomala; genus Anomala (genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses)

genus Melolontha; Melolontha; genus Macrodactylus; Macrodactylus (a genus of Melolonthidae)

Cetonia; genus Cetonia (a genus of Cetoniidae)

genus Pyrophorus; Pyrophorus (tropical click beetles)

Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus (weevils destructive of cultivated plants)

genus Scolytus; Scolytus (type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles)

Dendroctonus; genus Dendroctonus (genus of small bark beetles destructive especially to mature conifers)

genus Tribolium; Tribolium (flour beetles)

Bruchus; genus Bruchus (type genus of the Bruchidae)

Acanthoscelides; genus Acanthoscelides; genus Sitophylus; Sitophylus (a genus of Bruchidae)

genus Pediculus; Pediculus (type genus of Pediculidae: true lice infecting humans)

genus Phthirius; genus Phthirus; Phthirius; Phthirus (true lice: crab lice)

genus Menopon; Menopon (chicken lice)

genus Pulex; Pulex (type genus of the Pulicidae)

Ctenocephalides; genus Ctenocephalides (an arthropod genus of fleas)

genus Tunga; Tunga; Echidnophaga; genus Echidnophaga (a genus of Siphonaptera)

genus Mayetiola; Mayetiola (a genus of Cecidomyidae)

genus Musca; Musca (type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies)

genus Glossina (type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies)

Calliphora; genus Calliphora (type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies)

genus Lucilia; Lucilia (greenbottle flies)

genus Sarcophaga; Sarcophaga (flesh flies)

Gasterophilus; genus Gasterophilus (type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies)

Cuterebra; genus Cuterebra (type genus of the Cuterebridae)

Dermatobia; genus Dermatobia (larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans)

genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)

genus Hypoderma; Hypoderma (in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies)

genus Rhagoletis; Rhagoletis (a genus of Trypetidae)

Ceratitis; genus Ceratitis (Mediterranean fruit flies)

genus Drosophila (a genus of Drosophilidae)

genus Philophylla; Philophylla (leaf miners)

genus Hippobosca; Hippobosca (type genus of the Hippoboscidae)

genus Melophagus; Melophagus (an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked)

genus Haematobia; Haematobia (European genus of bloodsucking flies)

Aedes; genus Aedes (yellow-fever mosquitos)

Anopheles; genus Anopheles (malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae)

Culex; genus Culex (type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface)

Ceratopogon; genus Ceratopogon (type genus of the Ceratopogonidae)

Chironomus; genus Chironomus (type genus of the Chironomidae)

genus Phlebotomus; Phlebotomus (small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths)

genus Sciara (type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat)

genus Simulium; Simulium (type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies)

Apis; genus Apis (type genus of the Apidae: honeybees)

genus Xylocopa; Xylocopa (carpenter bees)

Bombus; genus Bombus (bumblebees)

genus Psithyrus; Psithyrus (a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste)

genus Andrena (a solitary burrowing short-tongued bee)

genus Nomia; nomia (a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes)

genus Megachile; Megachile (type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees)

Anthidium; genus Anthidium (potter bees)

genus Vespa; Vespa (type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets)

genus Vespula; Vespula (sometimes considered a subgenus of Vespa: social wasps)

genus Polistes; Polistes (a genus of Vespidae)

Eumenes; genus Eumenes (mason wasps)

genus Sceliphron; Sceliphron (mud daubers)

genus Sphecius; Sphecius (large solitary wasps: cicada killer)

Cynips; genus Cynips (type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps)

Amphibolips; genus Amphibolips (cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls)

Andricus; genus Andricus (cynipid gall wasps, chiefly affecting oaks)

Chalcis; genus Chalcis (type genus of the Chalcididae)

Fenusa; genus-Fenusa (birch leaf miner)

genus Monomorium; Monomorium (a genus of Formicidae)

Camponotus; genus Camponotus (carpenter ants)

genus Solenopsis; Solenopsis (fire ants)

Formica; genus Formica (type genus of the Formicidae)

genus Myrmecia; Myrmecia (bulldog ants)

genus Polyergus; Polyergus (Amazon ants)

genus Termes; Termes (type genus of the Termitidae)

genus Reticulitermes; Reticulitermes (includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees)

genus Mastotermes; Mastotermes (primitive genus of termites; mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive Isoptera)

genus Kalotermes; Kalotermes (type genus of Kalotermitidae; termites destructive of wood and living trees)

Cryptotermes; genus Cryptotermes (genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes)

genus Locusta; Locusta (a genus of Acrididae)

genus Melanoplus; Melanoplus (New World migratory locusts and common American grasshoppers)

genus Microcentrum; Microcentrum (katydids)

Anabrus; genus Anabrus (a genus of Tettigoniidae)

genus Stenopelmatus; Stenopelmatus (sand crickets)

Acheta; genus Acheta (common house and field crickets)

genus Oecanthus; Oecanthus (tree crickets)

genus Diapheromera (a genus of Phasmidae)

genus Phyllium; Phyllium (type genus of the Phyllidae)

Blatta; genus Blatta (type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide)

genus Periplaneta; Periplaneta (cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches)

Blattella; genus Blattella (small cockroaches)

Blaberus; genus Blaberus (giant cockroaches)

Cryptocercus; genus Cryptocercus (cockroaches)

genus Mantis (type genus of the Mantidae: mantises)

genus Poecilocapsus; Poecilocapsus (a genus of Miridae)

genus Lygus; Lygus (plant-sucking bugs)

Blissus; genus Blissus (chinch bugs)

Anasa; genus Anasa (squash bugs)

genus Leptoglossus; Leptoglossus (leaf-footed bugs)

Cimex; genus Cimex (type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs)

genus Notonecta; Notonecta (type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers)

genus Nepa; Nepa (type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions)

genus Ranatra; Ranatra (elongate very slender water scorpions)

Corixa; genus Corixa (type genus of the Corixidae: boat bugs)

genus Gerris; Gerris (type genus of the Gerrididae)

genus Triatoma; Triatoma (conenoses)

Arilus; genus Arilus (a genus of Reduviidae)

Dysdercus; genus Dysdercus (a genus of slender long-legged bugs that feed on the developing seeds of cotton and stain it)

Aleyrodes; genus Aleyrodes (type genus of the Aleyrodidae)

Dialeurodes; genus Dialeurodes; genus Trialeurodes; Trialeurodes (a genus of Aleyrodidae)

Bemisia; genus Bemisia (sweet-potato whitefly)

genus Coccus (type genus of the Coccidae)

Aspidiotus; genus Aspidiotus (a genus of Diaspididae)

Dactylopius; genus Dactylopius (type genus of the Dactylopiidae)

genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)

genus Planococcus; Planococcus (a genus of Pseudococcidae)

Aphis; genus Aphis (type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables)

Eriosoma; genus Eriosoma (woolly aphids)

genus Prociphilus; Prociphilus (a genus of Aphididae)

Adelges; genus Adelges (type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice)

genus Pineus; Pineus (a genus of Adelgidae)

genus Phylloxera; Phylloxera (type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice)

genus Cicada (type genus of the Cicadidae: cicadas)

genus Tibicen; Tibicen (harvest flies)

genus Magicicada; Magicicada (seventeen-year locust)

genus Philaenus; Philaenus; Aphrophora; genus Aphrophora (a genus of Cercopidae)

genus Liposcelis; Liposcelis; genus Trogium; Trogium (a genus of Psocidae)

genus Myrmeleon; Myrmeleon (type genus of the Myrmeleontidae: antlions)

Corydalis; Corydalus; genus Corydalis; genus Corydalus (type genus of the Corydalidae)

genus Sialis; Sialis (type genus of the Sialidae)

genus Lepisma; Lepisma (type genus of the Lepismatidae: silverfish)

genus Thermobia; Thermobia (a genus of Lepismatidae)

Frankliniella; genus Frankliniella (tobacco thrips)

genus Thrips (type genus of the Thripidae)

Forficula; genus Forficula (type genus of Forficulidae)

genus Nymphalis; Nymphalis (type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies)

genus Vanessa; Vanessa (painted beauty and red admiral)

genus Limenitis; Limenitis (mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars)

genus Polygonia; Polygonia (comma butterflies)

genus Spyeria; Spyeria; Argynnis; genus Argynnis (fritillaries)

Apatura; genus Apatura (large Old World butterflies)

genus Inachis; Inachis (a genus of Nymphalidae)

Danaus; genus Danaus (type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies)

genus Pieris; Pieris (type genus of the Pieridae)

genus Lycaena; Lycaena (type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper)

genus Strymon; Strymon (large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies)

genus Tortrix (type genus of the Tortricidae)

genus Homona; Homona (tea tortrix)

Argyrotaenia; genus Argyrotaenia (orange tortrix)

Carpocapsa; genus Carpocapsa (codling moths)

genus Lymantria; Lymantria (type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means 'destroyer'))

Euproctis; genus Euproctis (a genus of Lymantriidae)

genus Paleacrita; Paleacrita; Alsophila; genus Alsophila (geometrid moths)

genus Pyralis; Pyralis (type genus of the Pyralidae)

Galleria; genus Galleria (a genus of Pyralidae)

genus Pyrausta; Pyrausta (moths whose larvae are corn borers)

Anagasta; genus Anagasta (moth whose larvae are flour moths)

Ephestia; genus Ephestia (small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products)

Cadra; genus Cadra (a genus of Pyralidae)

genus Tinea; Tinea (type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths)

genus Tineola; Tineola (webbing clothes moths)

genus Trichophaga; Trichophaga (carpet moths)

Gelechia; genus Gelechia (type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms)

genus Sitotroga; Sitotroga (grain moths)

genus Phthorimaea; Phthorimaea (potato moths)

genus Noctua; Noctua (type genus of the Noctuidae: moths whose larvae are cutworms)

Catacala; genus Catacala (moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings)

Cerapteryx; genus Cerapteryx (antler moths)

genus Heliothis; Heliothis (a genus of Noctuidae)

Chorizagrotis; genus Chorizagrotis (moths whose larvae are army cutworms)

genus Pseudaletia; Pseudaletia; genus Spodoptera; Spodoptera (moths whose larvae are armyworms)

genus Manduca; Manduca (moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms)

Acherontia; genus Acherontia (death's-head moth)

Bombyx; genus Bombyx (type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth)

genus Saturnia; Saturnia (type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth)

Eacles; genus Eacles (imperial moths)

Actias; genus Actias (luna moths)

genus Hyalophora; Hyalophora (American silkworm moth)

genus Samia; Samia (silkworm moths)

Automeris; genus Automeris (io moth)

Antheraea; genus Antheraea (large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality)

Atticus; genus Atticus (atlas moth)

Callimorpha; genus Callimorpha (cinnabar moths)

genus Lasiocampa; Lasiocampa (type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars)

genus Malacosoma; Malacosoma (tent caterpillars)

genus Hyphantria; Hyphantria (fall webworms)

genus Loxostege; Loxostege (garden webworms)

Holonyms ("arthropod genus" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)