petalocerous, a. Entom.
(pɛtəˈlɒsərəs)
[f. mod.L. Petalocera, neut. pl. of petalocerus (f. Gr. πέταλον leaf, plate + -κερος, -ως horned, f. κέρας horn) + -ous. In F. pétalocère.]
Having laminated antennæ, as the beetles of the division Petalocera or Lamellicornes; lamellicorn.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxv. 568 Its mesosternum in its direction and appearance resembles that of many Petalocerous beetles. Ibid. IV. xlvii. 398 [He] discovered that the thalerophagous and saprophagus Petalocerous beetles resolved themselves..into a circle. |