pseudotetramerous
/ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)tɛˈtram(ə)rəs/ /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)tɪˈtram(ə)rəs/Biology
adjective
Apparently but not actually tetramerous; (Entomology ) designating tarsi with five segments which appear as four, the fourth segment being very small and hidden between the lobes of the third; (of a beetle) having such tarsi ( obsolete rare ).
- In Westwood's system the coleopteran division Pseudotetramera was equivalent to the current superfamilies Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in John Westwood (1805–1893), entomologist and palaeographer. From pseudo- + tetramerous, after scientific Latin Pseudotetramera, former division name.