histerid
histerid noun: any of the numerous beetles in the family Histeridae; a clown beetle.
Noun
histerid (plural histerids)
- Any of the numerous beetles in the family Histeridae; a clown beetle.
- Later, mostly in the 1950s, eight more histerid species were imported into Hawaii to attack the horn fly, of which four became established, including Pachylister caffer (Erichson) (Legner, 1978; Funasaki et al, 1988).1999, K. S. Hagen, N. J. Mills, G. Gordh, J. A. McMurtry, “16. Terrestrial Arthropod Predators of Insect and Mite Pests”, in T. W. Fisher, Thomas S. Bellows, L. E. Caltagirone, D. L. Dahlsten, Carl...
- Histerids are mainly predators of soft-bodied insect larvae and eggs, particularly those of cyclorraphan^([sic – meaning cyclorrhaphan]) Diptera.2001, Peter W. Kovarik, Michael S. Caterino, “Family 15. HISTERIDAE Gyllenhal, 1808”, in Ross H. Arnett Jr., Michael C. Thomas, editors, American Beetles, Volume 1, CRC Press, page 216
- Synonyms:
- clown beetle, hister beetle
Synonyms of histerid
Forms of histerid
| plural | histerids |
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Questions about histerid
- What does histerid mean?
- Histerid means any of the numerous beetles in the family Histeridae; a clown beetle.
- What part of speech is histerid?
- Histerid is a noun.
- What is the plural of histerid?
- The plural of histerid is histerids.
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