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pleurostict, a. Entom.|ˈplʊərəʊstɪkt| [ad. mod.L. Pleurosticta neut. pl., f. pleuro- + Gr. στικτός, vbl. adj. f. στίζειν to prick.] Belonging to the division Pleurosticta of scarabæid beetles, characterized by having the abdominal spiracles (except the anterior ones) pleural, or situated on the dorsal part of the abdominal segments.
1882Amer. Nat. XXII. 951 The views of the late Dr. Le Conte of the position of [Pleocoma], which he insisted was a Laparostict, and not a Pleurostict Lamellicorn. |