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postabdomen

noun

Etymology

From post- + abdomen.

  1. derived from abdōmen
  2. borrowed from abdomen
  3. prefixed as postabdomen — “post + abdomen”

Definitions

  1. The part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax.

  2. The terminal segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.

    • The postabdomens of both sexes of Cinderella lampra Steyskal and of the unique female of C. aczeli, n. sp. (Mendoza, Argentina) are described.
    • No special preparation in glycerine of male and female postabdomina were made because the features of diagnostic importance are well visible in dry condition, but as a result not all characters of the postabdomina can be described.
    • The anthomyiid oviscapt (postabdomen) is as regards the ground plan undoubtedly slender, well set off from and hardly shorter than the preabdomen, and has slender cerci with projecting, cylindrical apices.

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