Medical

calyptera

a development of the archegonial wall (see ARCHEGONIUM that in liverworts and mosses provides a hood-like covering to the capsule.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

References in periodicals archive

The streblid bat flies of Panama (Diptera: Calyptera: Streblidae).

Ectoparasitic flies (Diptera, Streblidae) of bats (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in an Atlantic Forest area, southeastern Brazil/ Moscas ectoparasitas (Diptera, Streblidae) de morcegos (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) numa area de Mata Atlantica, sudeste do Brasil

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