meatal cleft

meatal cleft
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
A slit or line on the trumpet of some mosquito pupae extending into the meatus from the spiracular opening, facilitating enlargement of the opening at the surface of the water.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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