Taxonomic subdivision of an order. Family names always end in -idae. Thus the Asilidae are a family rank subdivision of the order Diptera. Within an order are a number taxonomic subdivisions of higher rank than family like, for example, suborder and superfamily. Taxonomic subdivisions within families are, for example, subfamily, tribe and genus. Many families have vernacular names.
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