pupillarium

pupillarium
n. [L. dim. pupa, puppet]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Diaspididae, the adult female shrinks inside the exuviae of the second larval stage and lives and lays eggs inside; pupillarial adj..

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • puparium — n. [L. pupa, puppet] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. In certain families of Diptera, a case formed by the hardening of the next to the last larval skin, in which the pupa is formed; pupa coarctate. 2. Sometimes used in a few parasitic Hymenoptera and… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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