Scaphisoma

Translingual

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “bowl; spade, shovel”) +‎ -soma (“body”, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)).

Coined by English zoologist and marine biologist (1790/1–1836) William Elford Leach in 1815.

Proper noun

Scaphisoma n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Staphylinidae – certain rove beetles.

Derived terms

The majority of terms derived from Scaphisoma are from its emended forms, usually Scaphosoma.

See also

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