subfamily
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They included members of the Pooideae subfamily, which favor temperate or cool conditions, as well as Panicoideae grasses, which generally thrive in warmer and more humid environments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Some hematophages are well-known: For example, vampire bats in the subfamily Desmodontinae helped inspire the legendary monsters that bear their name and no one can forget blood-sucking mosquitoes and leeches.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024
Aleocharinae, with about 17,000 known species, is the largest subfamily within the Staphylinidae family.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
Nasa poissoniana belongs to a subfamily of plants called Loasoideae.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2019
Even the Semitic subfamily itself is mainly African, 12 of its 19 surviving languages being confined to Ethiopia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The subfamilies are major subdivisions of the family, while the tribes and subtribe can contain one or more of genera, which is the classification level just above the species.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2024
Fifty-five subfamilies of kinases evolved before yeast diverged from other eukaryotes, but the tyrosine kinases evolved after yeast diverged.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
There were dozens of subfamilies distinguished by different types of teeth, diets and reproductive styles.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2022
Today, after several thousand years Noruz is the cornerstone of all the Iranian subfamilies being from northern China or Bulgaria.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
But one of those subfamilies, termed Malayo-Polynesian, comprises 945 of those 959 languages and covers almost the entire geographic range of the Austronesian family.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
