单词 | fiddler beetle |
释义 | > as lemmasfiddler beetle fiddler beetle n. an Australian beetle, Eupœcila australasiæ, belonging to the family Scarabæidæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > eupoecila australasiae (fiddler beetle) fiddle-back1890 fiddler beetle1917 1907 W. W. Froggatt Austral. Insects 161 The Fiddler, Eupoecila australasiae,..is black and reddish brown, marked upon the thorax and elytra with green stripes.] 1917 Austral. Naturalist Apr. 184 At Tuggerah Lakes in September, 1916, a cluster of cocoons of the Fiddler beetle were found at the base of a hollow stump of a Eucalyptus. 1926 R. J. Tillyard Insects Austral. & N.Z. xx. 231 The Fiddler Beetle, Eupoecila australasiae Don..is common in Eastern Australia in November. 1945 K. C. McKeown Austral. Insects 145 One of the commonest species is Eupoecila australasiae Don., the Fiddler Beetle; it is black with bright green hieroglyphics on the elytra. < as lemmas |
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