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tenebrionid, n. (and a.)|tɪˌnɛbrɪˈɒnɪd|
[a. mod.L. family name Tenebrionidæ, f. tenebrio 2, adopted as a generic name by Linnæus (Fauna suecica (1746) 189): see -id3.]
A dark-coloured beetle of the family Tenebrionidæ, which is widely distributed, esp. in dry regions. Also as adj., of or designating a beetle of this kind. Cf. meal-worm s.v. meal n.1 3 b.
1921C. A. Ealand Insect Life vi. 204 One of the commonest of our sand-loving Tenebrionids is Heliopathes gibbus. 1925A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Ent. iii. 498 For a bibliography of Tenebrionid larvae vide Graveley. 1942C. Barrett On Wallaby v. 96 Many kinds of Desert beetles are black, notably the large and active Tenebrionids. 1966[see carabid a.]. 1979Jrnl. Arid Environments II. 265 Such an aposematic function is admirably demonstrated..in a Müllerian complex of American desert tenebrionids. |