phycosecid

plural phycosecids

1. rarebiologyAny member of the Phycosecidae, a family of beetles.

   Phycosecids occur on beaches and often feed on dead fish.

   1994, John Francis Lawrence, Australian beetles, page 11

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   Phycosecids live in sandy areas that border marine littoral zones.

   2010, Richard A.B. Leschen, Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim)

   Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.

   2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys