Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
second valvifers — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In the ovipositor, a basal pair of lobes or oblong plates supporting the base of the second valvulae … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
gonocoxite — n.; pl. ae [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; L. coxa, hip] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The coxite of the gonopod; see second valvifers … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pubic process — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Scarabaeoidea, fused pubic plates above the second valvifers (fused second valvulae) … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
ramus — n.; pl. rami [L. ramus, branch] 1. A branch or outgrowth of a structure. 2. (ANNELIDA) The notopodium and neuropodium that form the two parts of a parapodium; the two rami. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) The flagellum. 4. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. One … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
valvula — n.; pl. valvulae [L. dim. valva, leaf of a folding door] 1. Any small valve like process. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, processes from the valvifers forming the body of the ovipositor and the ovipositor sheath … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
