pselaphine
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
pselaphine (plural pselaphines)
- Any beetle in the subfamily Pselaphinae.
- 2015 July 9, “The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Indeed, chemically based protection for life with ants has independently evolved in a broad range of myrmecophilous invertebrates (e.g., pselaphine rove beetles [3 ] ant nest beetles [4 ,5 ], lycaenid butterflies [6 ], and spiders [7 ]).
Synonyms[edit]
- (beetle in Pselaphinae): short-winged mold beetle