dexiotorma

dexiotorma
n.; pl. -mae [Gr. dexios, on the right; torma, socket]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
1. A small sclerotic ring of scarabaeoid larvae, extending inward from the epipharynx, occasionally bearing a heel-shaped pternotorma.
2. The right torma.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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