Meanings
nounhypandrium (plural hypandria)
plural hypandria
- A plate, formed from fused coxites, covering the genitalia of a male insect
We also use the term, aedeagal hood, to refer to a morphologically variable structure at the apex of the hypandrium, a position shared with the hook-like, superior lobes which are dorsal relative to aedeagal hood (Fig 2 ).
2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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