Entomology

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.

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 ...