- alar squama
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In Diptera, one of three membranous lobes in the region of the wing base that represents the jugum; see alula, thoracic squama.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
alar squama
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squama — n.; pl. mae [L. squama, scale] 1. Any decumbent scale. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) A scale like exopod of the antenna; see scaphocerite. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. In Hymenoptera, a dorsolateral lobe of the phallobase; in ants, the first… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
thoracic squama — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In some Diptera, one of three membraneous lobes in the region of the wing base appearing to be derived from the posterior margin of the scutellum; see alula, alar squama … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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