hister beetle
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[edit]Noun
[edit]hister beetle (plural hister beetles)
- Any beetle of the family Histeridae.
- Synonyms: clown beetle, histerid
- 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae[1]:
- While I was on the ground photographing the flowers, I noticed a red and black hister beetle that proved to be Margarinotus bipustulatus—aptly named considering the two red maculations on the elytra.