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SCOLUS [1 record]

Record 1 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

In some larval Bomycoidea and certain butterflies (Lepidoptera), tubercles in the form of spinose projections of the body wall ... in larval Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), a branched projection of the body wall, usually more than 5 times as long as wide ....

OBS

plural: scoli.

Key term(s)
  • scoli

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Prolongement ou excroissance autre que les véritables appendices. Corne anale des Sphingidae ; (...) Tubercules épineux ou inermes des chenilles de Nymphalidae et de Saturniidae [papillons].

OBS

pluriel : scoli.

Key term(s)
  • scoli

Spanish

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