Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologySmith, John Bernhard
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Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Smith, John Bernhard
Insects -- Nomenclature
Transverse: when the longest diameter is across the body.
Transverse incision: = transverse sulci.
Transverse sulci: the transverse grooves of pronotum in many
Orthoptera.
Transverse suture: in Diptera, a transverse groove extending inward
from the root of wing and obsolete in the middle of dorsum.
Trapeziform: in the form or shape of a trapezium.
Trapezium: a four-sided figure in which no two sides are parallel.
{Scanner's comment: sic This is presumably an error in editing the
original text. A trapezium has two sides parallel. Compare next item.}
Trapezoid -al: a four-sided plane of which two sides are parallel and
two are not.
Tri-: three; a combining form.
Triangle: in Odonata: a small, triangular cell at the junction of cubitus
with cubitus 1: a similar cell adjoining it basally is the internal
triangle discoidal triangle: cardinal cell; q.v.
Tri-articulate: composed of three joints or articles.
Tribe: a term of classification less than a sub-family: opinionative and
ending in ini: but this is not universally adhered to.
Tri-carinate: with three keels or carinae.
Trichogen: a hair-forming hypodermal cell in caterpillars, etc.
Trichoptera: hairy-winged: insects with hairy primaries with many
longitudinal veins and cells, covering the broader secondaries which
are usually folded lengthwise; mouth mandibulate but rudimentary:
head free; thorax agglutinate: metamorphosis complete.
Trichostical bristles: in Diptera, a fan-like row, situated on the
meta-pleura: conspicuous in some families.
Trichotomous: divided by threes.
Trichroism: the condition when any given part exhibits three different
colors in different individuals of the same species: e.g. in
Lepidoptera, the hind wings of certain Heliconids.
Tricuspidate: ending in three points: with three cusps or teeth.
Tridactyle -ous: having three toes or claws.
Trifid: cleft into three parts or ends.
Trigonal: triangular: an area bounded by a triangle.
Trigonate: three-cornered; approximately triangular.
Trigoneutism: where three broods occur in one season.
Trigonulum: in Odonata, = triangle.
Trimera: that series of Coleoptera, in which there are only three tarsal
joints present.
Trimerous: species which have the tarsi three-jointed.
Trinomial: that method of nomenclature in which a varietal or
subspecific name follows the specific term without an intervening
mark or indications of its rank.
Tripectinate: when an antenna has three branches or processes to
each joint.
Triquetral: = triquetrous.
Triquetrous: with three flat sides.
Tri-regional: divided into three distinct parts or regions.
Trito-cerebral segment: see second antennal segment.
Trito-cerebrum: the posterior portion of the brain, formed by the
ganglion of the third primary segment; also termed labro-frontal lobe.
Tri-undulate: with three waves or undulations.
Triungulin: the first larval stage of a meloid beetle.
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