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the first coxal joint.
Patellar: pertaining to the knee-joint or cap.
Patellariae: in Dytiscids, the unequal, cup-like impressions on the
underside of the patella.
Patens, Patentes: open; diverging; spreading apart.
Patric: home or country of origin.
Patulous-ose: open, spreading.
Paunch: a crop-like accessory pouch in some Mallophaga: any
pouch-like appendage of the alimentary canal.
Paurometabolous: metamorphosis in which the changes of form are
gradual and inconspicuous: e.g. Orthoptera and most Rhynchota.
Pavillions: the sheds or cells sometimes built by ants as a shelter for
groups of plant lice.
Paxilla: a small stake or peg: a bundle of spicular processes.
Pearlaceous: having the appearance of pearl.
Pecten: a comb: in Hymenoptera, rigid, incurred setae on the basal
parts of maxilla and labium: the rows of spines on the feet of
pollen-gathering bees: any series of bristles arranged like a comb: in
mosquito larvae the comb-like teeth on the breathing tube.
Pectinate: comb-shaped: with even branches like the teeth of a comb.
Pectinato-fimbriate: having pectinations that are fringed with hair.
Pectoralis: relating to the breast.
Pectoral plate: in Coleoptera, the sternum.
Pectunculate: with a row of minute appendages like the teeth of a
comb: e.g. some maxillary structures.
Pectus: the ventral portion of thorax: variably applied in Coleoptera,
for the entire meso- and meta-thorax: also the pro- and meso-sternum:
in Diptera, is the inferior surface of the thorax between the legs.
Pedal line: in caterpillars: extends along the base of the feet.
Pedal tubercle: on the thoracic and abdominal rings of caterpillars: on
the anterior side of leg-base and, correspondingly, on apodal
segments: is VII of the abdomen where it consists of three setae: VI of
the thorax where the setae are not numbered: constant (Dyar).
Pedamina: the aborted fore-legs of Nymphalid butterflies.
Pedate: foot-bearing, or having feet.
Peddler: applied to the larvae of such Cassid beetles as carry their
excrement and cast skins on an anal fork.
Pedes: the feet, or really, legs.
Pedicellus or Pedicle: the third joint in a geniculate antenna: forming
the pivot between scape and funicle: in general, a stalk or stem.
Pediculosis: a state of lousiness, or the abnormal condition caused by
the multiplication of lice on the body: sec phthiriasis.
Pediculous: lousy: infested with lice.
Pedigerous:
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