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Entomology

The study of insects.

Contributors in Entomology

Entomology

intermediate host

Biology; Entomology

The host which harbors the immature stages or the asexual stages of a parasite, a separate organism to that which harbours the sexual stage.

gaster

Biology; Entomology

The hymenopteran abdomen - apart from the 1st segment (the propodeum) which is fused to the thorax. The front part of the gaster often forms a narrow waist.

propodeum

Biology; Entomology

The I st abdominal segment in the hymenopteran group known as the Apocrita: it is completely fused with the thorax.

lacinia

Biology; Entomology

The inner branch of the maxilla, the outer one being the galea

chorion

Biology; Entomology

The inner shell or covering of the insect egg.

tarsus

Biology; Entomology

The insect's foot: primitively a single segment but consisting of several segments in most living insects.

ametabola

Biology; Entomology

The insects which develop without metamorphosis, namely the Protura, Thysanura, and Collembola.

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