angusticorn trumpet

angusticorn trumpet
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Diptera, a respiratory structure of Culicidae pupae bearing the longest axis vertically and approximately in line with the stem, funnelshaped when closed, with a split (meatal cleft) down one side allowing it to open widely at the water surface.

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  • trumpet — n. [OF. trompe, trumpet] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, paired, usually movable respiratory structures, located on the dorsal portion of the cephalothorax of culicid pupae; see laticorn trumpet, angusticorn trumpet …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • laticorn trumpet — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, a respiratory structure of mosquito pupae bearing the longest axis transverse to the stem, frequently with a secondary cleft in the pinna opposite the meatal cleft, less wide mouthed than the angusticorn type,… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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