Explanation of Terms used in Entomology [With Pen drawings and ATOC]

by John B. Smith

Overview

A book for entomological beginners.

There is a large dictionary of basic terms, used in entomology.

At the end of the book, there are several pen drawings of parts of general insect body (protentomon).

Introduction:

"A

A: prefix, is privative; wanting or without.

Ab: off; away from.

Abbreviated: cut short; not of usual length.

Abdomen: the third or posterior division of the insect body: consists normally of nine or ten apparent segments, but actual number is a mooted question: bears no functional legs in the adult stage.

Abdominal: belonging or pertaining to the abdomen.

Abdominal feet: see pro-legs.

...

I

Iceous or Icius: suffix; expresses a likeness or the possession of a character see aceus.

Icotypes: typical specimens which serve for purposes of identification, but have not been used in literature.

Idiotype: a specimen named by the author after comparison with the type, but not also a topotype.

Ignitus: fire-red [vermilion].

Ileo-colon: the anterior portion of the hind-gut, extending from the mid-gut to the rectum, when not distinctly differentiated into ileum and colon.

Ileum: the small intestine; begins at end of chylific ventricle at the point where malpighian tubules join, and extends to colon.

Imaginal: pertaining to the adult or imago.

Imaginal buds, cells, or discs: in forms with a complete metamorphosis are those embryonic cells around and from which the organs and appendages of the future imago develop.

Imago: the adult or sexually developed insect."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012849922
Publisher:	Ladislav Deczi
Publication date:	07/13/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	405
File size:	2 MB