selenophorine

selenophorine

English

Noun

selenophorine (plural selenophorines)

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   • 1959, The Coleopterists' Bulletin (volume 13, page 61)

     […] on the basis of this character, this genus must be considered to be a harpaline rather than a selenophorine.

   • 2000, Ross H. Arnett, ‎Michael C. Thomas, Jr., American Beetles, Volume I (page 91)

     In North America, selenophorines reach only extreme southeastern and southwestern Canada.

   • 2012, Yves Bousquet, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico (page 57)

     They also advocated raising selenophorines, ditomines, and amblystomines to subtribe level.