Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologySmith, John Bernhard
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Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Smith, John Bernhard
Insects -- Nomenclature
Striga: a narrow, transverse line or slender streak, either surface or
impressed. {Scanner's note: the proper plural is strigae}
Strigate: having striga: applied to a surface on which the striga are
impressed as in the elytra of some beetles, or to an ornamentation
composed of fine, short lines. {Scanner's note: sic; the proper plural is
strigae}
Strigile -is: maculation that consists of parallel longitudinal lines: a
deep sinus near base of first joint of anterior tarsus.
Strigillate -ation: = stridulate -anon; q.v.
Strigose: clothed with rigid bristles that are thickest at base: rough,
with sharp bristles: = hispid.
Strigula: a fine short transverse mark or line.
Strigulated: with numerous strigulae.
Striolate -us: with finely impressed parallel lines.
Stripe: a longitudinal streak of color different from the ground.
Style: in Aphids, the slender tubular process at the end of the
abdomen: in Coccids, a long spine-like appendage at the end of the
abdomen of the male; = genital spike: in Diptera, the ovipositor
(Loew); the single immovable organ immediately below the forceps in
male Tipulidae (O-S.) a thickened jointed arista at or near the tip of
the third antennal joint in the plural form applied to small, usually
pointed, exarticulate appendages, most frequently found on the
terminal segments of abdomen.
Stylet: a small style or stiff process: one of the piercing mouth
structures in Diptera and Hemiptera.
Styliform: in the shape of a stylus: terminating in a long slender point,
like the antenna in some Diptera.
Stylopized: infested by a member of the Stylopidae.
Stylotrachealis: with a long tube bearing a stigma, from the head case;
as the pupa of some Diptera.
Stylus: a small, pointed, non-articulated process.
Sub-: as a prefix, means that the main term is not entirely applicable,
but must be understood as modified in some way; e.g. sub-ovate,
may be either more or less than ovate and may be irregular in outline.
Sub-aduncate: somewhat hooked or curved.
Sub-anal plate: Orthoptera; = sub-genital lamina; q.v.
Sub-apical lobe: of male genitalia in Culicids is the inner sub-apical
lobe of the side piece.
Sub-apterous: almost wingless; with rudimentary wings only.
Sub-clavate: somewhat thickened toward tip; but not quite
club-shaped.
Sub-coriaceous: somewhat leathery.
Sub-cortical: beneath the bark; as in larval borings, etc.
Subcosta: (Comst.); that longitudinal vein extending parallel to the
costa and reaching the outer margin before the apex; not branched as
a rule of Packard, in Hymenoptera, = radius (Comst.).
Subcostal cell: in Diptera (Schiner), = marginal cell (Loew), = radial 1
(Comst.) in the plural (Comst.), all those cells anteriorly margined by
the subcosta first s.c. cell in Hymenoptera (Pack.), = radial and first
radial 1 (Comst.).
Subcostal crossveins: in Odonata, are between subcosta and media on
the basal side of the first antecubital.
Subcostal fold or furrow: lies between costa and radius.
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