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staphylinid
[ staf-uh-lin-id, -lahy-nid ]
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of staphylinid1
1840–50; < New Latin Staphylinidae family name, equivalent to Staphylin ( us ) genus name (< Greek ²õ³Ù²¹±è³ó²â±ôî²Ô´Ç²õ kind of insect) + -idae -id 2
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The Staphylinid� present many peculiar species of known genera.
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Sixty of these species are Carabid�, forty-two are Staphylinid�, forty are Nitidulid�, twenty are Ptinid�, twenty are Ciodid�, thirty are Aglycyderid�, forty-five are Curculionid�, and fourteen are Cerambycid�, the remainder being distributed among twenty-two other families.
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The Staphylinid larvae are typically campodeiform.
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The only insects which occurred here in any large number were poduræ, but some flies were also seen, and even a beetle, the before-mentioned Staphylinid.
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