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| Glossary of Entomological Terms |
| Term | Definition | Applies to: |
| abdomen | The posterior and usually longest | General |
| of the 3 principal body segments |
| allotype | Paratype of the opposite sex to | Classification |
| the holotype; term not regulated |
| by Code of Zoological |
| Nomenclature |
| anal lobe | Lobe in the posterior basal part of | Wing |
| wing |
| anal vein | Longitudinal unbranched veins | Wing |
| extending from base of wing to |
| outer margin below the cubitus |
| antenna | Pair of segmented appendages | Head |
| located on the head above |
| mouthparts, below and between |
| eyes; plural = antennae |
| antenodal crossvein | Small cross veins along the basal | Odonata |
| portion of the front edge of wings |
| anterior | In front; before | General |
| arculus | Small crossvein near base of | Odonata |
| wing |
| arista | Large bristle, usually dorsally | Diptera |
| located, on apical antennal |
| segment |
| aristate | Last segment enlarged and | Antennal forms |
| bearing a conspicuous dorsal |
| bristle |
| arolium | A cushion-like pad on the tarsi of | General |
| many insects, one of the lobes of |
| the pulvillus |
| arolium | The terminal pad between the | Orthoptera |
| claws |
| auct., auctorum | Of authors | Latin Abbreviations |
| author | The person(s) to whom a work, a | Classification |
| scientific name, or a |
| nomenclatural act is attributed |
| basitarsus | Basal (1st) segment of tarsus; | Leg |
| segment connecting to tibia |
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