surstyli

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A form of surstylus — The ventral, lobelike part of an inverted U-shaped structure located ventral to the apex of the abdomen of some flies

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of surstylus

    The male genitalia of these two species are also similar in having L-shaped surstyli in lateral view but the cerci are triangular in lateral view, not L-shaped as in C.

    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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