Pinacate bug
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pinacate bug — |pēnə|käd.ē noun Etymology: Mexican Spanish pinacate, from Nahuatl pinacatl : any of several clumsy wingless beetles of the genus Eleodes (family Tenebrionidae) found in arid regions of the Pacific states … Useful english dictionary
Pinacate beetle — Taxobox image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera subordo = Polyphaga superfamilia = Tenebrionoidea familia = Tenebrionidae genus = EleodesThe pinacate beetle, also known as the stink beetle, is a… … Wikipedia
darkling beetle — any brown or black beetle of the family Tenebrionidae, the larvae of which feed on dead or decaying plant material, fungi, stored grain, etc. Also called tenebrionid. [1810 20] * * * any member of the approximately 12,000 species of the… … Universalium
