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clavicorn

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clavicorn [ˈklævɪˌkɔːn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any beetle of the group Clavicornia, including the ladybirds, characterized by club-shaped antennae
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Clavicornia
[from New Latin Clavicornia, from Latin clāva club + cornū horn]


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In both cases, pollination is by curculionid (snout) weevils of the genus Rhopalotria and by a clavicorn beetle, Pharaxonotha zamiae.
 
 
 
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