A beetle belonging to the group heteromera, characterized by unequal numbers of tarsal segments on its legs.
From heteromera with the English agent suffix '-an' to denote an individual member of the group. Adopted in entomological terminology during the 1800s.
A heteromeran is basically a beetle that decided the rules of body symmetry didn't apply to it—and there are thousands of these rule-breaking insects in every forest and garden!
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