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nounditomine (plural ditomines)
plural ditomines
- biologyA ground beetle of the subtribe Ditomina.
They also advocated raising selenophorines, ditomines, and amblystomines to subtribe level.
2012, Yves Bousquet, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico, page 571 more example
In many ditomines and harpalines, the males possess four laterally extended tarsi, but both sexes climb on umbelliferous plants and other herbs with the same ease.
2000, Pietro Brandmayr, Natural History and Applied Ecology of Carabid Beetles, page 87
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