carabidology

English

Noun

carabidology (uncountable)

1. The scientific study of carabid or ground beetles (Carabidae^ws).
   • 1998, Wolfgang Lorenz, Systematic List of Extant Ground Beetles of the World, page 1:

     The SYSTEMATIC LIST and the simultaneously published NOMINA CARABIDARUM volume make available in hard copy the essential nomenclatural data contained in a general computerized database of carabidology which is under preparation by the author.

Related terms

• carabidologist