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.
| 1882 Amer. 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. |