单词 | lygaeid |
释义 | lygaeidn.adj. Entomology. A. n. An insect of the family Lygaeidae of dark or brightly coloured mainly plant-feeding bugs (heteropterans), some of which (e.g. the chinch bug) are agricultural pests. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Heteroptera > family Lygaeidae > member of lygaeid1893 milkweed bug1905 1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I 1902 L. O. Howard Insect Bk. 310 The Lygæids are distinguished from other bugs chiefly by the membrane of the front wing, which has four or five simple veins, and by the antennæ, which are inserted low down on the side of the head. 1962 C. L. Metcalf et al. Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 4) vi. 226 The Lygaeids are of moderate size, ranging from about 1/ 6 to 5/ 8 inch long. 1981 D. J. Borror et al. Introd. Study Insects (ed. 5) xxii. 295/2 The big-eyed bugs..are unusual among the lygaeids in being at least partly predaceous. B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating the family Lygaeidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > relating to or characteristic of Hemiptera > of Heteroptera > of or relating to family Lygaeidae lygaeid1893 1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I 1919 W. L. Distant in Bull. Entomol. Res. 10 41 (title) A new Lygaeid bug found among stored rice in Java. 1994 P. J. Gullan & P. S. Cranston Insects xiii. 361/2 Cardenolides are very widespread, occurring notably in..lygaeid bugs, pyrgomorphid grasshoppers and even an aphid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1893 |
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