hister beetle
English
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Alternative forms
- Hister beetle
Etymology
The tribe name is derived from the common name. Further etymology unknown.
Noun
hister beetle (plural hister beetles)
- Any beetle of the tribe Histeridae.
- Synonym: clown beetle
- 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:
- While I was on the ground photographing the flowers, I noticed a red and black hister beetle that proved to be Margarinotus bipustulatus—aptly named considering the two red maculations on the elytra.