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lapidicolous, a.|læpɪˈdɪkələs|
[f. L. lapid-, lapis stone + col-us inhabiting + -ous.]
Of beetles: living under stones or similar objects. Hence laˈpidicole n., a beetle living in this kind of habitat.
1899D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. v. 205 These blind lapidicolous Carabidæ are of extremely minute size, and of most sluggish habits. 1948J. R. Dibb Field Bk. Beetles p. xiii, Habitat-group 4. Under Stones. Logs, timber, sacking, old metal objects and discarded material which has been thrown down in the open. Lapidicoles. 1959E. F. Linssen Beetles Brit. Isles I. 57 Beetles found under stones are Lapidicoles. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. ii. 20 Thousands of..lapidicoles..have been recorded. |