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Entomology
The study of insects.
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fascicle
Biology; Entomology
A small bundle; the bundle of piercing stylets of insects with piercing sucking mouthparts.
stigma
Biology; Entomology
A dense, often discolored portion of the costal margin of a wing, usually at the end of the radius
pterostigma
Biology; Entomology
A small coloured area near the wing-tip of dragonflies, bees, and various other clear-winged insects: also called the stigma.
humeral vein
Biology; Entomology
A small cross-vein running from the costa to the sub-costa in the humeral (basal) region of the wing.
postscutellum
Biology; Entomology
A small division of the mesonotum just behind the scutellum: usually very small or absent, but well developed in certain flies.
