clerid

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clerid

(ˈklɛrɪd)

(Zoology) a beetle that preys on other insects

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(Zoology) relating to beetles from the family Cleridae

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clerid - predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic

clerid beetle

beetle - insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

Cleridae, family Cleridae - beetles that prey on other insects

bee beetle - European beetle; infests beehives

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Wolcottia aegra (Newman) a narrow, elongate, brown clerid beetle about 4.3 mm long (Fig.

Wolcottia (=Isohydnocera) aegra (Coleoptera: Cleridae): association with grasses (Poaceae), native Spartina spp. and the introduced Eragrostis curvula, and resemblance to co-occurring pseudomyrmecine ants

It is also conjectured that this clerid might feed on fat from the corpses (Payne & King, 1970).

An ancient assemblage of scavenger insects in patagonia (Argentina)

If top predators drive dynamical interactions in this system, then plots with added clerid beetles should maintain a lower abundance of ants, and show some evidence of herbivore release, which causes a decrease in tree leaf area.

Experimental test in lowland tropical forest shows top-down effects through four trophic levels

No blowfly maggots were present on the carrion, but numerous adult histerids, trogids and staphylinids of various species, some adult silphids (Thanatophilus mutilatus), clerids (Necrobia rufipes) and dermestids (Dermestes maculatus), and a few larval muscids (Hydrotaea sp.) were present, mainly in the soil beneath the carcass.

The distribution, habitat, diet and forensic significance of the scarab Frankenbergerius forcipatus (Harold, 1881) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Similarly, studies that utilized data from other regions of the world (Fajnzylber, 2004: Hallward-Driemeier et al., 2002: Aw et al., 2000; Bernard and Jensen, 1999; Clerids et al., 1998) found similar results.

Trade facilitation and Africa's manufactured goods export

Carrion beetles, nitidulids, histerids, clerids, and rove beetles were encountered in the carrion.