acroparia

acroparia
n.; pl. -ae [Gr. akros, tip; pareion, cheek]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Coleoptera, the anterior part of the paria bearing the bristles of scarabaeoid larvae.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • gymnoparia — n.; pl. ariae [Gr. gymnos, bare; pareion, cheek] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In scarabaeoid larvae, that part of the paria without bristles posterior to the acroparia and between the acanthoparia and chaetoparia …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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