xyelid
English
Noun
xyelid (plural xyelids)
- (zoology) Any member of the Xyelidae.
- 1993, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada
- Like raphidiids, xyelids have the mesopleuron divided into an episternum and epimeron by a distinct mesopleural suture, but the suture is angled much more obliquely and the epimeron is much smaller than the episternum (Figs. 8-10).
- 1993, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada