harpaline

English

Adjective

harpaline (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Belonging to the taxonomic tribe Harpalini.
   • 1959, The Coleopterists' Bulletin, volume 13, page 61:

     […] some genera listed by Jeannel as selenophorines were shifted to the harpaline group, and vice versa […]

   • 2004, Spixiana, volumes 27-28, page 21:

     The harpaline genus Chydaeus includes about 25 species […]

Noun

harpaline (plural harpalines)

1. (zoology) Any member of the taxonomic tribe Harpalini.
   • 2000, Pietro Brandmayr, Natural History and Applied Ecology of Carabid Beetles, page 87:

     In many ditomines and harpalines, the males possess four laterally extended tarsi, but both sexes climb on umbelliferous plants and other herbs with the same ease.