hister beetle

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hister beetle (plural hister beetles)

  1. Any beetle of the family Histeridae.
    Synonyms: clown beetle, histerid
    • 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae[1]:
      While I was on the ground photographing the flowers, I noticed a red and black hister beetle that proved to be Margarinotus bipustulatus—aptly named considering the two red maculations on the elytra.