scapus


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sca·pus

, pl.

sca·pi

(skā'pŭs, -pī),
A shaft or stem.
[L. shaft, stalk]

scapus

An obsolete term for shaft, stalk or stem.

sca·pus

, pl. scapi (skā'pŭs, -pī)
A shaft or stem.
[L. shaft, stalk]
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Being about as wide as scapus, the fastigium is wider than in most genera, but clearly narrower than in Eurycorypha and Monteiroa.
Paraplangia sinespeculo, a new genus and species of bush-cricket, with notes on its biology and a key to the genera of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from Madagascar
The female has a deep atrium in the epigynum with a long and folded scapus (Fig.
Structure of genital organs and mating process of the spider hemicloea sundevalli thorell, 1870 (araneae: gnaphosidae)
Scapus and base of pedicellus yellow-orange, basal flagellomere and pedicellus apex blackish brown.
A revision of Afrotropical species of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera: Conopidae), with descriptions of twenty-one new species and an identification key
Without the suitable use of scapus of pachymeter suggested by Mandarim-de-Lacerda (1995), to obtain the measures, Barros found significant difference from 6th day for LT and from 5th day for LA.
Malnutrition and somatic development: application of protocol of mensuration to evaluation of indicators of Wistar rats / Desnutricion y evaluacion del desarrollo somatico: uso del protocolo de medidas para la evaluacion de los indicadores en rats Wistar
Scapus 2.25x as long as maximally wide, 1.05x longer than first flagellomere.
New species of the genus Dentigaster Zettel (hymenoptera, braconidae, cheloninae) from Brazil/Nova especie do genero Dentigaster Zettel (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) do Brasil
Scapus yellow-brown, pedicellus yellow-brown basally, pale brown distally, basal flagellomere pale brown.
A revision of Afrotropical species of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera: Conopidae), with descriptions of twenty-one new species and an identification key
1.3 Obtain the measure considering the two points of insertion in each ear using the scapus of the pachymeter to measure the external ends.
Protocolo de medidas para evaluacion de indicadores de desarrollo somatico en ratas Wistar
Antennae filiform, reaching fifth abdominal tergum, densely covered with short bristles; scapus flattened basally, longer than pedicellus; third segment as long as scapus.
Contribution to the knowledge of Oriental Phasmatodea I: A taxonomic study of the genus Parasinophasma (Phasmatodea: Necrosciinae)
Antenna as long as the head and the mesosoma combined; 16 antennomeres; scapus 2.0 times as long as wide apically; first flagellomere 3.2 as long as wide apically, second flagellomere 2.4 times and third 2.1 times as long as wide apically, further flagellomeres progressively shortening, 13th-15th subcubic (Figure 2).
New species of Chelonus (Microchelonus) Szepligeti, 1908 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) from Brazil/Nova especie de Chelonus (Microchelonus) Szepligeti, 1908 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) do Brasil
Folia numerosa, vaginae distinctae, ellipticae, 7-10 cm longae, 4-5 cm latae; laminae anguste triangulari-lanceolatae, 37-55 cm longae, 1.3-1.7 cm latae, involutae, distaliter arcuatae; scapus inflorescentiae erectus, teres, 29-50 cm longus; inflorescentia simplicissima; spica anguste elliptica, complanata, 18-25 cm longa, 3.5-4.5 cm lata; bracteae florales distichae, imbricatae, late ovatae, 5-5.5 cm longae, 4-4.5 cm latae, carinatae, supera virides, basalia incarnatae, nervatae; petala 7-8 cm longa, ca.
Tillandsia magnispica (Bromeliaceae: tillandsioideae), a new species from Oaxaca, Mexico
These values were obtained using the scapus of a pachymeter, which is used for measure depth (Mandarim-de-Lacerda, 1995).
Ligadura extraoral de la arteria Lingual: estudio anatomico y topografico
Antennae formed by three segments, each with a different morphological structure from other segments: scapus oval in the dorsal view, more or less triangle-shaped in cross section; pedicellus minute, indistinct, and knob-shaped; third segment cylindrical, with a small medial elevation on its inner margin and a few minute, spine-like bristles on the first half of the inner margin.
Contribution to the knowledge of Oriental Phasmatodea II: A taxonomic study of the genus Paragongylopus (Phasmatodea: Pachymorphinae: Gratidiini)

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