pselaphine

English

Noun

pselaphine (plural pselaphines)

1. Any beetle in the subfamily Pselaphinae.
   • 2015 July 9, “The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Indeed, chemically based protection for life with ants has independently evolved in a broad range of myrmecophilous invertebrates (e.g., pselaphine rove beetles [3 ] ant nest beetles [4 ,5 ], lycaenid butterflies [6 ], and spiders [7 ]).

Synonyms

• (beetle in Pselaphinae): short-winged mold beetle