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spine

1. Thorn-like process or outgrowth of the cuticula and part of it (without a joint). Example: the spines on the scutellum in many Stratiomyidae and in Simulium pupae 'tergite IX with 1 small seta and 1 short, slightly curved terminal spine'.
2. Large seta

header=[seta] body=[Plural: setae. Structure on the surface of the insect body, often referred to as hairs or bristles. A seta may easily be lost but has a prominent socket (alveolus) which is raised on one side if the seta is slanted. Setae are usually connected to nerves and have a sensory function.<br /><img src='../../infusions//terms/images/no_image.gif' style='vertical-align:middle;' />] delay=[0] fade=[on]

seated in an alveolus. Example: in Heleomyzidae 'the wings often have small but distinctly longer, well-spaced spines mixed with the shorter spines along the leading edge'.

spinula

Plural: spinulae. Small spine

header=[spine] body=[1. Thorn-like process or outgrowth of the cuticula and part of it (without a joint). Example: the spines on the scutellum in many Stratiomyidae and in Simulium pupae 'tergite IX with 1 small seta and 1 short, slightly curved terminal spine'.<br />
2. Large seta seated in an alveolus. Example: in Heleomyzidae 'the wings often have small but distinctly longer, well-spaced spines mixed with the shorter spines along the leading edge'.<br /><img src='../../infusions//terms/images/no_image.gif' style='vertical-align:middle;' />] delay=[0] fade=[on]

, usually on the leg.

spinule

spinula (synonym)

spur

Spine

-like process on the legs, usually on the tibia.

squama

calypter (synonym)

squamal fold

calyptral fold (synonym)

squamal fringe

calyptral fringe (synonym)

squamula

calypter (synonym)

squamula alaris

upper calypter (synonym)

squamula thoracica

lower calypter (synonym)

square brackets

1. When used in citations square brackets indicate uncertainty. Most commonly it will be the year that is given between square brackets. In this case the date of description is uncertain and the date between the brackets is the earliest, verifiable date. For example: Anomoia purmunda (Harris, [1780]) (Diptera: Tephritidae). The name waspublished in a series of piblications of which the first was issues in 1776 and the last one was dated 1780. The name proposed was in an undated volume, but this volume was published in 1780 at the latest.
2. When used in citations in lists of synonyms, square brackets are often used to enclose statements of clarification or misidentification. For example: Acletoxenus Frauenfeld, 1868: 152. Type species: Acletoxenus syrphoides Frauenfeld, 1868 [= Gitona formosa Loew, 1864], mon. Von Frauenfeld (1868) described the genus Acletoxenus which has Acletoxenus syrphoides as type species. However, that species had already been described under the name Gitona formosa by Loew (1864).

sternopleuron

katepisternum (synonym)

stilt-legged flies

Vernacular name for the family Micropezidae.
Links: http://en.wikiped...cropezidae.

subepaulet

basicosta (synonym)

supra-alar setae

One or more setae on the most lateral part of the mesonotum immediately above the notopleuron base of the wing, so situated between the lateral margin of the mesonotum and (if present) the intra-alar setae.

supra-alars

supra-alar setae (synonym)

synonym

Name used for a taxon

header=[taxon] body=[Plural: taxa.<br />
Systematic category used in scientific, biological classification, like species or family. For example, in Diptera, the family Tipulidae is one taxon, as is the genus Tipula and the species Tipula maxima. These taxa represent different levels in a hierarchical scheme. A taxon at a certain level usually exists of more taxa at a lower level (for example, species in a genus).<br />
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that also is known under another name.
Links: http://en.wikiped..._(zoology)

synonymous

synonym (synonym)

synonyms

synonym (synonym)

synonymy

1. Being a synonym header=[synonym] body=[Name used for a taxon that also is known under another name.<br />
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header=[synonym] body=[Name used for a taxon that also is known under another name.<br />
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of another taxon

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2. List of synonyms header=[synonyms] body=[synonym<br /><img src='../../infusions//terms/images/no_image.gif' style='vertical-align:middle;' />] delay=[0] fade=[on]

, as in list of different names that have been applied to the same taxon

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