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Acaricide
Acaricides are pesticides that kill members of the arachnid subclass Acari, which includes ticks and mites.
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Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine (ACh) is an organic chemical that functions in the brain and body of many types of animals, including humans, as a neurotransmitter—a chemical message released by nerve cells to send signals to other cells.
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Aculeata
Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera.
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Acylurea
Acylureas (also called N-acylureas or ureides) are a class of chemical compounds formally derived from the acylation of urea.
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Adipocyte
Adipocytes, also known as lipocytes and fat cells, are the cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, specialized in storing energy as fat.
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Aedeagus
An aedeagus (plural aedeagi) is a reproductive organ of male arthropods through which they secrete sperm from the testes during copulation with a female.
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Aestivation
Aestivation or æstivation (from aestas, summer, but also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions.
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Alate
Alate is an adjective that refers to wings or winglike structures.
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Aldrin
Aldrin is an organochlorine insecticide that was widely used until the 1990s, when it was banned in most countries.
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Algae
Algae (singular alga) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic.
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Alloparenting
Alloparenting (also referred to as alloparental care) is a term used to classify any form of parental care provided by an individual towards a non-descendent young.
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Alternation of generations
Alternation of generations (also known as metagenesis) is the type of life cycle that occurs in those plants and algae in the Archaeplastida and the Heterokontophyta that have distinct sexual haploid and asexual diploid stages.
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Ambrosia
In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (ἀμβροσία, "immortality") is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods, often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it.
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Amide
An amide (or or), also known as an acid amide, is a compound with the functional group RnE(O)xNR′2 (R and R′ refer to H or organic groups).
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Amine
In organic chemistry, amines are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair.
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Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3.
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Anaplasmosis
Anaplasmosis is a disease caused by a rickettsial parasite of ruminants, Anaplasma spp.
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Anatomical terms of location
Standard anatomical terms of location deal unambiguously with the anatomy of animals, including humans.
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Annulation
In organic chemistry annulation (from the Latin anellus for "little ring"; occasionally annelation) is a chemical reaction in which a new ring is constructed on a molecule.
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Antenna (biology)
Antennae (singular: antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers," are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.
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Antibiosis
Antibiosis is a biological interaction between two or more organisms that is detrimental to at least one of them; it can also be an antagonistic association between an organism and the metabolic substances produced by another.
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Anus
The anus (from Latin anus meaning "ring", "circle") is an opening at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth.
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Apitherapy
Apitherapy is a branch of alternative medicine that uses honey bee products, including honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom.
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Apterygota
The name Apterygota is sometimes applied to a subclass of small, agile insects, distinguished from other insects by their lack of wings in the present and in their evolutionary history; notable examples are the silverfish, the firebrat, and the jumping bristletails.
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Archaeognatha
The Archaeognatha are an order of apterygotes, known by various common names such as jumping bristletails.
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Arthropod mouthparts
The mouthparts of arthropods have evolved into a number of forms, each adapted to a different style or mode of feeding.
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Beetle
Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota.
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Blood cell
A blood cell, also called a haematopoietic cell, hemocyte, or hematocyte, is a cell produced through hematopoiesis and found mainly in the blood.
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Bombay Natural History Society
The Bombay Natural History Society, founded on 15 September 1883, is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research.
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Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths.
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Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
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Cilia (entomology)
Cilia (Latin for eyelashes; the singular is cilium) in entomology are fine hairs along the edges of the insect wing.
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Circulatory system
The circulatory system, also called the cardiovascular system or the vascular system, is an organ system that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the body to provide nourishment and help in fighting diseases, stabilize temperature and pH, and maintain homeostasis.
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Clasper
In biology, a clasper is a male anatomical structure found in some groups of animals, used in mating.
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Clypeus (arthropod anatomy)
The clypeus is one of the sclerites that make up the "face" of an arthropod.
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Compound eye
A compound eye is a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans.
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Comstock–Needham system
The Comstock–Needham system is a naming system for insect wing veins, devised by John Comstock and George Needham in 1898.
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Coprophagia
Coprophagia or coprophagy is the consumption of feces.
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Coronal suture
The coronal suture is a dense, fibrous connective tissue joint that separates the frontal and parietal bones of the skull.
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Damselfly
Damselflies are insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata.
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Elytron
An elytron (from Greek ἔλυτρον "sheath, cover"; plural: elytra) is a modified, hardened forewing of certain insect orders, notably beetles (Coleoptera) and a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera); in most true bugs, the forewings are instead called hemelytra (sometimes misspelled as "hemielytra"), as only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous.
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Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.
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Entomophagy
Entomophagy (from Greek ἔντομον éntomon, "insect", and φᾰγεῖν phagein, "to eat") is the human use of insects as food.
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External morphology of Lepidoptera
The external morphology of Lepidoptera is the physiological structure of the bodies of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera, also known as butterflies and moths.
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Eyespot (mimicry)
An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking.
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Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".
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Foramen magnum
The foramen magnum (great hole) is a large oval opening (foramen) in the occipital bone of the skull in humans and various other animals.
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Fungivore
Fungivory or mycophagy is the process of organisms consuming fungi.
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Glossary of ant terms
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Glossary of entomology terms
This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists.
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Glossary of scientific names
A glossary of the meaning of scientific names of living things, viruses and prions.
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Glossary of spider terms
This glossary describes the terms used in formal descriptions of spiders; where applicable these terms are used in describing other arachnids.
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Halteres
In dipterous insects, halteres (singular halter or haltere) are minute dumbbell-shaped organs which have been modified from hindwings to provide a means of encoding body rotations during flight.
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Helminths
Helminths, also commonly known as parasitic worms, are large multicellular parasites, which can generally be seen with the naked eye when they are mature.
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Hematophagy
Hematophagy (sometimes spelled haematophagy or hematophagia) is the practice by certain animals of feeding on blood (from the Greek words αἷμα haima "blood" and φάγειν phagein "to eat").
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Hemiptera
The Hemiptera or true bugs are an order of insects comprising some 50,000 to 80,000 species of groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs.
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Hemolymph
Hemolymph, or haemolymph, is a fluid, analogous to the blood in vertebrates, that circulates in the interior of the arthropod body remaining in direct contact with the animal's tissues.
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Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage, for the main component of its diet.
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Heteroptera
The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera.
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Holometabolism
Holometabolism, also called complete metamorphosis, is a form of insect development which includes four life stages: egg, larva, pupa and imago or adult.
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Hyaline
A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance.
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Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.
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Identification key
In biology, an identification key is a printed or computer-aided device that aids the identification of biological entities, such as plants, animals, fossils, microorganisms, and pollen grains.
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Imago
In biology, the imago is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it also is called the imaginal stage, the stage in which the insect attains maturity.
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Insect
Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.
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Insect morphology
Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects.
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Insect mouthparts
Insects have a range of mouthparts, adapted to particular modes of feeding.
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Insect wing
Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly.
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Intergluteal cleft
The intergluteal cleft, also known medically by various synonyms and colloquially as the "butt crack" or "ass crack", is the groove between the buttocks that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum, so named because it forms the visible border between the external rounded protrusions of the gluteus maximus muscles.
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Labrum (arthropod mouthpart)
The labrum is a flap-like structure that lies immediately in front of the mouth in almost all extant Euarthropoda.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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Liphyra
Liphyra is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.
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Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies.
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Mesosoma
The mesosoma is the middle part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts, the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma.
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Mesothorax
The mesothorax is the middle of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the second pair of legs.
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Metathorax
The metathorax is the posterior of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the third pair of legs.
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Millipede
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name being derived from this feature.
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Miridae
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae.
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Morphology of Diptera
The Diptera is a very large and diverse order of mostly small to medium-sized insects.
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Myiasis
Myiasis is the parasitic infestation of the body of a live mammal by fly larvae (maggots) that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue.
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Myriapoda
Myriapoda is a subphylum of arthropods containing millipedes, centipedes, and others.
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Myxogastria
Myxogastria/Myxogastrea (myxogastrids, ICZN) or Myxomycetes (ICBN), is a class of slime molds that contains 5 orders, 14 families, 62 genera and 888 species.
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Occipitofrontalis muscle
The occipitofrontalis muscle (epicranius muscle) is a muscle which covers parts of the skull.
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Odonata
Odonata is an order of carnivorous insects, encompassing the dragonflies (Anisoptera) and the damselflies (Zygoptera).
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Oophagy
Oophagy sometimes ovophagy, literally "egg eating", is the practice of embryos feeding on eggs produced by the ovary while still inside the mother's uterus.
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Opiliones
The Opiliones or (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters or daddy longlegs.
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Osmeterium
The osmeterium is a defensive organ found in all papilionid larvae, in all stages.
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Oviparity
Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother.
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Ovipositor
The ovipositor is an organ used by some animals for the laying of eggs.
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Ozopore
An ozopore is the opening of a defensive gland present in some arthropods, notably in millipedes of the order Polydesmida External Anatomy of Polydesmida.
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Papilionoidea
The superfamily Papilionoidea (from the genus Papilio, meaning "butterfly") contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
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Parasitoid
A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host and at the host's expense, and which sooner or later kills it.
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Pedipalp
Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.
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Proboscis
A proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate.
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Prognathism
Prognathism is the positional relationship of the mandible or maxilla to the skeletal base where either of the jaws protrudes beyond a predetermined imaginary line in the coronal plane of the skull.
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Proleg
A proleg is a small, fleshy, stub structure found on the ventral surface of the abdomen of most larval forms of insects of the order Lepidoptera, though they can also be found on other larval insects such as sawflies and a few types of flies.
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Prothorax
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs.
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Pterostigma
The pterostigma (plural: pterostigmata) is a cell in the outer wing of insects which is often thickened or coloured and so stands out from other cells.
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Pulmonary alveolus
A pulmonary alveolus (plural: alveoli, from Latin alveolus, "little cavity") is a hollow cavity found in the lung parenchyma, and is the basic unit of ventilation.
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Pupa
A pupa (pūpa, "doll"; plural: pūpae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.
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Pyrgotidae
The Pyrgotidae are an unusual family of flies (Diptera), one of only two families of Cyclorrhapha that lack ocelli.
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration
Pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration by insects is done for defense and mating purposes.
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Riodinidae
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies.
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Saprophagy
Saprophages are olophages that obtain nutrients by consuming decomposing dead plant or animal biomass.
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Saturniidae
Saturniidae, commonly known as saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species.
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Scavenger
Scavenging is both a carnivorous and a herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead animal and plant material present in its habitat.
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Sensu
Sensu is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of".
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Skipper (butterfly)
Skippers are a family, Hesperiidae, of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies).
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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Spiracle
Spiracles are openings on the surface of some animals, which usually lead to respiratory systems.
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Spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions.
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Swallowtail butterfly
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species.
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Symplesiomorphy
In phylogenetics, a plesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy or symplesiomorphic character is an ancestral character or trait state shared by two or more taxa.
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Synapomorphy and apomorphy
In phylogenetics, apomorphy and synapomorphy refer to derived characters of a clade – characters or traits that are derived from ancestral characters over evolutionary history.
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Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae.
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Thorax
The thorax or chest (from the Greek θώραξ thorax "breastplate, cuirass, corslet" via thorax) is a part of the anatomy of humans and various other animals located between the neck and the abdomen.
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Thorax (insect anatomy)
The thorax is the midsection (tagma) of the insect body.
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Trachea
The trachea, colloquially called the windpipe, is a cartilaginous tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air, and so is present in almost all air-breathing animals with lungs.
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Valve
A valve is a device that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways.
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Velcro
Velcro Companies is a privately held company that produces fasteners and other products.
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Vertex (anatomy)
In arthropod and vertebrate anatomy, the vertex (or cranial vertex) is the upper surface of the head.
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Xylophagy
Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to describe the habits of an herbivorous animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood.
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Zygentoma
Zygentoma are an order in the class insecta.
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Acariphagous, Accessory gland, Accessory pulsatile organs, Acrostichal bristles, Active space, Adeagus, Adecticous, Age polyethism, Alar squama, Alary muscles, Algophagous, Anal angle, Anasa wilt, Antenodal veins, Anthophagous, Anthophagy, Anticoagulin, Apex (entomology), Aphidophagous, Aphidophagy, Bryophagous, Bryophagy, Carpophagous, Carpophagy, Catenulate, Ceratophagous, Ceratophagy, Clavate, Coccidophagous, Coccidophagy, Copromycetophagous, Copromycetophagy, Costa (entomology), Decticous, Dendrophagous, Dendrophagy, Detritophagy, Discal area, Discal cell, Ectognathous, Entomonecrophagy, Epiproct, Glossary of Lepidopteran terms, Glossary of entomology, Glossary of lepidoterology terms, Helminthophagous, Helminthophagy, Herbiphagous, Herbiphagy, Hypognathous, Interspace, Irroration, Keratophagy, Lichenophagous, Lichenophagy, Lines of weakness, Macrochaete, Malacophagous, Malacophagy, Mixomycetophagous, Mixomycetophagy, Mycetophagous, Nervure, Nodus, Obtect, Occipital suture, Ocular structure, Onisciform, Oophagous, Opisthognathous, Palynophagous, Palynophagy, Phleophagous, Phleophagy, Phloeophagous, Phloeophagy, Phyllophagy, Pollinophagous, Pollinophagy, Porrect, Postoccipital suture, Rhizophagous, Rhizophagy, Root eating, Saltatorial, Sapromycetophagous, Sapromycetophagy, Sarconecrophag, Sarconecrophagy, Schisophagy, Sporophagous, Sporophagy, Subgenal suture, Synovigenic, Termen (entomology), Tornus (insect anatomy), Xylomycetophagous, Xylomycetophagy, Zoomycetophagous, Zoomycetophagy, Zoophagous, Zoophagy.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_entomology_terms
