cucujoid

English

a cucujoid, Cucujus mniszechi

Noun

cucujoid (plural cucujoids)

1. Any beetle of the superfamily Cucujoidea.
   • 1991, Herbert Holdsworth Ross, Charles Alexander Ross, June R. P. Ross, A Textbook of Entomology, page 376:

     This line gave rise to the bostrichoids, in which all the spiracles in the adult remained functional, and the cucujoids, in which the spiracle on the adult eighth abdominal segment became nonfunctional.

   • 2006, James T. Costa, The Other Insect Societies‎^[1], page 499:

     The cucujoid superfamily is a large and diverse assemblage of over 30 families, including a host of rarities as well as a few very well-known groups (particularly ladybird and sap beetles, Coccinellidae and Nitidulidae, respectively).

   • 2010, George Hangay, Paul Zborowski, A Guide to the Beetles of Australia, page 42:

     The beetle families in this superfamily are so diverse in appearance that it is rather difficult to summarise their common characteristics by which the non-specialist could recognise them as cucujoids.

   • 2013, John F. Lawrence, Adam Ślipiński, Australian Beetles, Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys, page 62,

     This condition is characteristic of Cleroidea but also occurs in the cucujoid families Biphyllidae and Byturidae.