Meaning of histerid | Babel Free

Definitions

Any of the numerous beetles in the family Histeridae; a clown beetle.

Examples

“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).”

“Histerids are mainly predators of soft-bodied insect larvae and eggs, particularly those of cyclorraphan^([sic – meaning cyclorrhaphan]) Diptera.”

“Histerids are scavengers and predators in decomposing organic material such as animal carcasses.”

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