scolytoid, a. Ent.
(ˈskɒlɪtɔɪd)
[f. mod.L. (Geoffroy, 1762) Scolyt-us + -oid.]
a. Pertaining or resembling the coleopterous family Scolytidæ. b. spec. A term used by C. V. Riley to denote the sixth and final larval stage of insects which undergo hypermetamorphosis.
| 1883 C. V. Riley in Amer. Naturalist XVII. 790 We would propose, therefore, the following arrangement. Triungulin = first larval stage... Scolytoid = sixth larval stage. 1899 D. Sharp Insects ii. (Camb. Nat. Hist.) 272 Scolytoid larva. |