Entomology

Entomology

The study of insects.

Contributors in Entomology

Entomology

A form of reproduction in which eggs develop normally without being fertilised. This is the usual method of reproduction among some stick insect species and among some generations of gall wasps and ...

construction gland

Biology; Entomology

A gland of wasps producing a size-like substance which enables them to make paper out of wood-pulp.

sebaceous gland

Biology; Entomology

A gland producing a greasy lubricating substance.

suture

Biology; Entomology

A groove on the body surface which usually divides one plate or sclerite from the next: also the junction between the elytra of a beetle.

occipital suture

Biology; Entomology

A groove running round the posterior region of the head of some insects and separating the vertex from the occiput. On the sides of the head the same groove marks the posterior boundary of the cheeks ...

superfamily

Biology; Entomology

A group of closely related families; superfamily names end in -oidea.

genus

Biology; Entomology

A group of closely related species (plural: genera). The name of the genus is incorporated into the scientific names of all the member species: Pieris napi and Pieris rapae, for example, both belong ...