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pselaphine

pselaphine noun: any beetle in the subfamily Pselaphinae.

Noun

pselaphine (plural pselaphines)

  1. Any beetle in the subfamily Pselaphinae.
    • Indeed, chemically based protection for life with ants has independently evolved in a broad range of myrmecophilous invertebrates (e.g., pselaphine rove beetles [3 ] ant nest beetles [4 ,5 ], lycaenid butterflies [6 ], and spiders [7 ]).2015 July 9, “The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    short-winged mold beetle

Synonyms of pselaphine

  • short-winged mold beetle

Forms of pselaphine

pluralpselaphines

Questions about pselaphine

What does pselaphine mean?
Pselaphine means any beetle in the subfamily Pselaphinae.
What part of speech is pselaphine?
Pselaphine is a noun.
What is the plural of pselaphine?
The plural of pselaphine is pselaphines.

Words near pselaphine in the dictionary

  1. psechrid
  2. psechrids
  3. Psel
  4. pselaphid
  5. pselaphids
  6. pselaphine
  7. pselaphines
  8. psellism
  9. psellismus
  10. pseph-
  11. psephenid

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