Pythid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pythid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any beetle of the family Pythidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any beetle of the family Pythidae.
Example Sentences
Finally, pythids and belids are Batesian mimics, apparently lacking any chemical defenses.
Sphalma quadricollis was originally described as a pythid by Horn (1872), contrary to Watt (1987) who states that S. quadricollis was originally placed in Melandryidae.
When the lower lethal temperatures of the chrysomelid beetle Phyllodecta laticollis or of the pythid beetle Pytho depressus is plotted against the concentrations of solutes in their hemolymph, a steep regression line appears.
Word Forms
- pythids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include biphyllid, pyrochroid, psephenid, sphaeritid, cryptophagid, pyralid.
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