lamellicorn

[ luh-mel-i-kawrn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having antennae with lamellate terminal segments, as beetles of the group Lamellicornia, including the scarabaeids and stag beetles.
(of an antenna) having lamellate terminal segments.

lamellicorn

/ ləˈmɛlɪˌkɔːn /

any beetle of the superfamily Lamellicornia, having flattened terminal plates to the antennae: includes the scarabs and stag beetles

1835–45; < New Latin lāmellicornis, equivalent to lāmelli- lamelli- + Latin -cornis horned ( corn ( ū ) horn + -is adj. suffix)

C19: from New Latin Lamellicornia plate-horned (animals)

Again, in three species of the Lamellicorn genus Oryctes, we have a nearly parallel case.

This is remarkable in some Lamellicorn beetles, as Anoplognathus Leach.

In the Lamellicorn beetles they are remarkable for their great length.

Anthobian: feeding on flowers; applied to certain lamellicorn Coleoptera in which the labium extends beyond the mentum.

Pleurostict: lamellicorn beetles in which the abdominal spiracles are situated on the dorsal portion of the ventral sclerites.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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