- ptilinal suture
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
ptilinal suture
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frontal suture — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. One of two sutures arising at the anterior end of the coronal suture which extends ventrad toward the epistomal suture. 2. In Diptera, a suture shaped like an inverted U , having the base crossing the face above the bases … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… … Universalium
Schizophora — Taxobox name = Schizophora image width = 250px image caption = Marsh fly (Sciomyzidae) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo =… … Wikipedia
Aschiza — Taxobox name = Aschiza image caption = Temnostoma sp. (Syrphidae) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo =… … Wikipedia
Agromyzidae — Taxobox name = Leaf miner flies image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo = Brachycera infraordo … Wikipedia
genal groove — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, a depressed and groove like area near the ventral limits of the ptilinal suture and the juncture of the gena and parafacial; cheek groove; transverse impression … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
ptilinum — n.; pl. ptilina [Gr. ptilon, feather] 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, a temporary bladderlike structure of a pupa that can be inflated and thrust out through the frontal (ptilinal) suture, just above the bases of the antennae, that pushes… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
