pleasing fungus beetle

English

WOTD – 17 June 2018

Etymology

Afour-spotted fungus beetle(Ischyrus quadripunctatus), a type of pleasing fungus beetle, inVirginia,USA

Probably from thepleasingappearance of the beetles, which have large and colourful patterns.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈpliːzɪŋ ˈfʌŋɡəs ˈbiːtəl/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈplizɪŋ ˈfʌŋɡəs ˈbitl̩/,/ˈplizɪŋ ˈfʌŋɡəs ˈbiɾl̩/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Hyphenation:pleas‧ing fun‧gus bee‧tle

Noun

pleasingfungus beetle(pluralpleasing fungus beetles)

1. Any of thefungus beetlesof thefamilyErotylidae.
   • 1914,Inez Naomi King, “The Coleoptera of Henry County, Iowa”, inThe Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science,volume XXI, Des Moines, Iowa: Published by the state; Robert Henderson, state printer,→ISSN,→OCLC,page327:

     Erotylidae. (ThePleasing Fungus Beetle.)

   • 2006,James T. Costa, “Coleoptera: Beetle Societies III: Leaf, Fungus, Carrion, Darkling, and Whirlgig Beetles and Their Allies”, inThe Other Insect Societies,Cambridge, Mass., London: The Belknap Press ofHarvard University Press,→ISBN,page499:

     Thepleasing fungus beetlesare pleasing indeed: many are brightly patterned with contrasting black with red, yellow, orange, pink or purple in spots, stripes, rings, and even zigzags.

   • 2014August, Tradd Cotter, “Natural Pest Control and Disease Management”, inOrganic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation: Simple to Advanced and Experimental Techniques for Indoor and Outdoor Cultivation,White River Junction, N.J.:Chelsea Green Publishing,→ISBN,part I (The Fundamentals of Mushroom Cultivation),page86:

     Small, shallow pans of apple cider vinegar or milk mixed with a little dish soap attract and drown many adult flying insects (but notpleasing fungus beetleor Sciarids).

Synonyms

• erotylid

Hypernyms

• fungus beetle(“one of several families of beetles in thesuperfamilyCucujoidea”)

Translations

beetle of the family Erotylidae

• Hungarian:tarbogárfélék
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:kjukebiller

• Polish:zadrzewkowate
• Swedish:trädsvampbaggec

See also

• handsome fungus beetle(“a beetle of the familyEndomychidae”)

References

• Erotylidaeon Wikipedia.Wikipedia