Entomology

Entomology

The study of insects.

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tegula

Biology; Entomology

A small lobe or scale overlying the base of the forewing like a shoulder-pad.

arolium

Biology; Entomology

A small pad between the claws on an insect's foot. Usually very small, but well developed in grasshoppers and some other insects.

spermatheca

Biology; Entomology

A small sac-like branch of the female reproductive tract of arthropods in which sperm may be stored.

A species which lives in a society such that individuals of the species cooperate in caring for the young, which not all of them have produced; there is a reproductive division of labor, with more or ...

order

Biology; Entomology

A subdivision of a class or subclass containing a group of related families. Organophosphates. Organic compounds containing phosphorous; an important group of synthetic insecticides belong to this ...

sub-species

Biology; Entomology

A sub-division of a species, usually inhabiting a particular area: visibly different from other populations of the same species but still able to interbreed with them.