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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In Hymenoptera, enlarged barbs on the sting apparatus that remain at the sting site; autothysis.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
sting autotomy
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