Melanophthalma

Translingual

Etymology

From melano- (black) +‎ Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμός m (ophthălmós, eye) +‎ -a f, literally black-eye(d). Coined by Russian entomologist Victor Motschulsky in 1866.

Proper noun

Melanophthalma f

  1. Certain latridiid beetles
    1. A taxonomic genus within the family Latridiidae.
    2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Latridiidae – synonym of Melanophthalma (Melanophthalma).

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