phallomeres

phallomeres
n. pl. [Gr. phallos, penis; meros, part]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Genital phalic lobes formed at the sides of the gonopore of males, that form an inner pair of mesomers that unite to form the aedeagus, the intromittent organ, and outer parameres that develop into claspers of variable form.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • parameres — n. pl. [Gr. para, beside; meros, part] 1. The right or left halves of a bilaterally symmetrical animal. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The outer pair of phallomeres that develop into male copulatory appendages; sometimes synonymized with gonopophyses.… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • phallic organ — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Median intromittent apparatus of males located on segment 9 and consisting of phallus or phallomeres and lobes from the phallobase; penis …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • phallo- — ⇒PHALLO , élém. formant Élém. empr. au gr. «phallus, pénis». A. ZOOL., MÉD. 1. ZOOL. [Le subst. désigne une partie de l appareil sexuel mâle des insectes] a) [Le 2e élém. est un subst. fr.]: phallobase, subst. fém. ,,Partie proximale du phallus,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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