- tarsal pulvillus
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see euplantula.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
tarsal pulvillus
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pulvillus — [pul vil′əs] n. pl. pulvilli [pul vil′ī΄] [ModL < L, small cushion, contr. < pulvinulus, dim. of pulvinus, cushion] Zool. a cushionlike part between the tarsal claws of many insects, as dipterans pulvillar adj … English World dictionary
pulvillus — n.; pl. li [L. pulvillus, little cushion] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, the pad of the membranous lobe beneath the tarsal claw, arising from the base of each auxilia; see empodium … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
paronychium — n.; pl. ia [Gr. para, beside; onykos, claw] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A bristle like appendage on the pulvillus between the tarsal claw … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
plantula — n.; pl. lae [L. plantula, small sole] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A pad like sole on the underside of the tarsal segment; see pulvillus … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
