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Definition of Scarabaeid beetle
1. Noun. Any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes.
Generic synonyms: Lamellicorn Beetle
Group relationships: Family Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeidae
Specialized synonyms: Dung Beetle, June Beetle, June Bug, May Beetle, May Bug, Japanese Beetle, Popillia Japonica, Anomala Orientalis, Asiatic Beetle, Oriental Beetle, Rhinoceros Beetle, Melolonthid Beetle, Cetonia Aurata, Rose Beetle, Rose Chafer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarabaeid Beetle
Literary usage of Scarabaeid beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"Mr. SH Scudder exhibited a fossil trilo- bite which showed a remarkable resemblance
to a scarabaeid-beetle (Phanaeus), also a new species of fossil ..."
2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1901)
"With them were many specimens of a dark scarabaeid beetle. As soon as I began
trying to secure specimens of this the ants covered my hands, biting sharply, ..."
3. Report by Hawaii Minister of the Interior (1898)
"A similar Tenebrionid larva was found in Morelos in the act of feeding upon a
larva of a scarabaeid beetle in the ground. Some of the Tenebrionid beetles ..."
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