Histerid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Histerid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any of the numerous beetles in the family Histeridae; a clown beetle.
Meaning
(zoology) Any of the numerous beetles in the family Histeridae; a clown beetle.
Example Sentences
Histerids are scavengers and predators in decomposing organic material such as animal carcasses.
Histerids are mainly predators of soft-bodied insect larvae and eggs, particularly those of cyclorraphan^([sic – meaning cyclorrhaphan]) Diptera.
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).
Word Forms
- histerids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heterocerid, helophorid, clerid, halictophagid, biphyllid, callirhipid.
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