subfamily

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The new findings challenge that view, offering strong evidence that the Podonominae subfamily most likely began in the Southern Hemisphere and later expanded worldwide.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

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

Horticulturist Qiang Xu of Huazhong Agricultural University in China and his colleagues recently set out to map the evolutionary journey of the orange subfamily.

From Scientific American • Oct. 11, 2023

It describes a large and geographically widespread subfamily of African languages that make up part of the larger Niger-Congo language family.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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