hister beetle

English

Alternative forms

• Hister beetle

Noun

hister beetle (plural hister beetles)

1. 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.