local. A popular name for certain shiny beetles: see quots.
1847. Halliwell, Sun-shiner, the dark shining beetle.
1866. E. C. Rye, Brit. Beetles, 55. This family [sc. Feroniides] comprises several species, the most often seen … being the ‘Sunshiners,’ which are members of the genera Pterostichus and Amara.
