- hypovalvae
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n. pl. [Gr. hypo, under; L. valva, leaf of a folding door](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In Mecoptera, a bi- or trilobed subgenital plate formed from the larval ix sternum.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
