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Entomology
The study of insects.
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bursa copulatrix
Biology; Entomology
That part of the female genitalia which receives the aedeagus and sperm during copulation. Its structure is often important in separating closely related species.
scape
Biology; Entomology
The 1st antennal segment, especially if it is longer than the other segment.
dorso-central bristles
Biology; Entomology
The 2 rows of bristles running along the thorax of a fly on the outer side of the acrostichal bristles.
pedicel
Biology; Entomology
The 2nd antennal segment: the name is also given to the narrow waist of an ant.
femur
Biology; Entomology
The 3rd (counting out from the body) and often the largest segment of the insect leg.
scutellum
Biology; Entomology
The 3rd of the major divisions of the dorsal surface of a thoracic segment: usually obvious only in the mesothorax and very large in some bugs.
pupa
Biology; Entomology
The 3rd stage in the life history of butterflies and other insects undergoing a complete metamorphosis during which the larval body is rebuilt into that of the adult insect a non-feeding and usually ...
