Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologySmith, John Bernhard
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Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Smith, John Bernhard
Insects -- Nomenclature
Subcostal nervule: Lepidoptera, on secondaries:= media 1 (Comst.):
s.c. 1 = radius 1 (Comst.); s.c. 2:= radius 2 (Comst.) s.c. 3 = radius
3 (Comst) s.c. 4 = radius 4 (Comst.) s.c. 5 = radius 5 (Comst.).
Subcostal vein: in Diptera (Schiner), = 1st longitudinal vein (Meigen)
radius 1 (Comst.): in Lepidoptera, runs from base, parallel to costa, to
or beyond the middle, giving rise to branches which extend to the
outer margin and thus = radius (Comst.).
Sub-cristate: with a moderately elevated ridge or keel on pronotum, in
Orthoptera.
Subcutaneous: under the skin: applied to larvae that feed under the
skin of animals or within the substance of a leaf.
Sub-dorsal: the space between the dorsum and the stigmata.
Sub-dorsal line: in caterpillars is to the side of the dorsal and between
it and the lateral or, if there is an addorsal line, between that and the
lateral.
Sub-dorsal ridge: in slug caterpillars, extends longitudinally along the
sub-dorsal row of abdominal tubercles.
Sub-equal: similar, but not quite equal in size, form or other
characters.
Sub-eroded: wing margins when somewhat, but irregularly, indented.
Sub-falcate: when a wing is only a little excavated below the apex.
Subfamily: a division of classification containing a group of closely
allied genera; different from other allied groups, yet not so as to make
a family series: opinionative, and ending in -inae.
Sub-fossorial: legs used in digging: yet not greatly modified.
Sub-frontal: close to the front; immediately behind the front margin.
Sub-fulcrum: a sclerite between mentum and palpiger: rarely present.
Sub-fusiform: somewhat spindle-shaped.
Subgalea: a maxillary sclerite or segment, attached to the stipes, and
bearing the galea or outer lobe.
Sub-geniculate: applied to antennae that are articulated from a short,
thick scope.
Subgenital lamina or plates: plates underlying the genital organs in
Orthoptera.
Subgenus: a division within a genus, based upon a character not
sufficient for generic separation; opinionative.
Subglossa: in Odonata; a sclerite between the two halves of the
mentum (Graber): is really the true mentum.
Sub-imago: sometimes applied as = nymph: that stage in Ephemerida
just after emergence from the pupa and before the final molt during
flight: that stage in the development of insects with free pupa when
the insect is fully colored but yet retains its pupal position.
Sub-labrum: =epipharynx; q.v.
Sublingual: beneath the tongue; applied to a pair of salivary glands in
bees.
Submargin -al: an imaginary portion of a surface outside of the disk
and within the margin: a line is submarginal when it is well within
the margin but close to it.
Submarginal area: of secondaries, lies between the costal margin and
the 1st strong vein.
Submarginal cells: in Hymenoptera (Norton) = radial cells (Comst.): in
Diptera (Will.); = radial 3 (Comst.).
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