tenebrionoid

plural tenebrionoids

1. Any beetle of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea.

   Exactly two hundred species of tenebrionoid are currently recognised from the British Isles.

   2006, Jonathan Cooter, Maxwell V. L. Barclay, A Coleopterist's Handbook, page 113

   2 more examples

   2002, John D. Pinto, Marco A. Bologna, 111. Meloidae Gyllenhal, Ross H. Arnett, Jr, Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, J. Howard Frank (editors), American Beetles, Volume 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, page 523, Larvae of Eleticinae apparently have typical holometabolic development and are the most similar to those of other tenebrionoids.

   Tergal and pleural armature, which is absent or modest in most cucujoids and tenebrionoids, becomes exaggerated in some predators (e.g., Stethoris, Coccinellidae; Fig. 36), surface feeding herbivores (e.g., the coccinellid genus Epilachna; Fig. 37), and fungus feeders (e.g., the erotylid genus Aegithus), to form various structures such as setose, tuberculate verrucae, and complexly branched scoli.

   2009, Joseph V. McHugh, James K. Liebherr, “Coleoptera: (Betetles, Weevils, Fireflies)”, in Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé, editors, Encyclopedia of Insects, page 193