a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a family
2.
any analogous subdivision, as of a family of languages
Examples of 'subfamilies' in a sentence
subfamilies
A total of 61 species, 30 genera, 13 tribes and 2 subfamilies were recorded.
Beatriz Rodríguez-Velez, Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero, Felipe A. Noguera, Enrique González-Soriano,Enrique Ramírez-García, Alicia Rodríguez-Palafox, Ricardo Ayala 2011, 'Diversidad de avispas parasitoides de la familia Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)del bosque tropical caducifolio en San Buenaventura, Jalisco, México Diversity ofparasitoid wasps of the family Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in the tropicaldry forest of San Buenaventura, Jalisco, Mexico', Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidadhttp://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1870-34532011000300010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
137.019 specimens of nine subfamilies, 18 tribes, 36 generas and 121 species were captured.
Junir Antonio Lutinski, Flavio Roberto Mello Garcia, Cladis Juliana Lutinski, SamantaIop 2008, 'Diversidade de formigas na Floresta Nacional de Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brasil Antsdiversity in Floresta Nacional de Chapecó in Santa Catarina State, Brazil', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782008000700002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
3538 inividuals of 30 species in 4 subfamilies were captured.
Escobar S. Federico 1997, 'Estudios de la comunidad de coleópteros coprófagos (Scarabaeidae) en un remaente debosque seco al norte del Tolima, Colombia', Caldasiahttp://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/17443. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Five subfamilies of ants, comprising 61 species were found.
Nawee Noon-anant, Saowapa Sonthichai, Suparoek Watanasit 2003, 'Preliminary survey of ants at Tarutao National Park, Southern Thailand', Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)http://www.sjst.psu.ac.th/journal/25_1_pdf/11suparoek.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A total of 1.892 specimens, representing 23 subfamilies and 79 genera were sampled.
Falcó Garí, J. V., Oltra Moscardó, M. T., Moreno Marí, J., Pujade-Villar, J., JiménezPeydró, R. 2006, 'Fenología de los bracónidos (Hymenoptera Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae) del Pirineo andorrano',Pirineos: Revista de Ecología de Montañahttp://pirineos.revistas.csic.es/index.php/pirineos/article/view/5/5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The gene structure and motif compositions were considerably conserved among the subfamilies.
Kong Dejing, Kong Yingzhen, Qi Guang, Hu Ruibo, Gao Qian, Zhou Gongke 2010, 'Comprehensive Analysis of NAC Domain Transcription Factor Gene Family in Populustrichocarpa', BMC Plant Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/10/145. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The remaining 14 genomes may represent phages of new families or subfamilies.
Cynthia Maria Chibani, Anton Farr, Sandra Klama, Sascha Dietrich, Heiko Liesegang 2019, 'Classifying the Unclassified: A Phage Classification Method', Viruseshttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/2/195. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phylogenetic analysis showed that seven well-conserved subfamilies exist in plants.
Wang Hongbin, Feng Dongru, Yu Lujun, Liu Bing, Li Wenyan, Wang Jinfa 2009, 'Phylogenetic analysis, structural evolution and functional divergence of the 12-oxo-phytodienoateacid reductase gene family in plants', BMC Evolutionary Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/90. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thirty-four specimens were collected in 29 species belonging to 16 tribes and two subfamilies.
Francisco Nascimento, Freddy Bravo 2015, 'Cerambycidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) de Morro do Chapéu, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia,Brasil', EntomoBrasilishttp://www.periodico.ebras.bio.br/ojs/index.php/ebras/article/view/ebrasilis.v8i3.499. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)