surstylus

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noun

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

nounsurstylus (plural surstyli)

plural surstyli

  1. The ventral, lobelike part of an inverted U-shaped structure located ventral to the apex of the abdomen of some flies

    Legend: ah, aedeagal hood; ce, cercus; sa, surstylar apodeme; sl, superior lobe; su, surstylus.

    2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From sur- + stylus.

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Chicago

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