Paracymus

From para- (“around”) +‎ Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă, “wave; billow; flood”) +‎ -us, interpretable as "near [the] wave[s]," due to the beetles' hydrophilous nature. Only partially cognate to, not directly derived from, translingual Cymus; a genus of lygaeoids.

Coined by U.S. entomologist James Livingston Thomson in 1867.

• English:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛː.ɹəˈsaɪ.məs/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.əˈsaɪ.məs/
  • (US, weak vowel merger, rhotic, mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ˞.əˈsaɪ.mɨs/
  • Rhymes: -aɪməs

Paracymus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hydrophilidae – certain water scavenger beetles.

   Synonyms: (deprecated) Paracymorphus, Eumetacymus, Quasiparacymus

• Paracymorphus
• Quasiparacymus

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