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Addorsal: close to but not quite on the middle of the dorsum. 



Addorsal line: in caterpillars, is longitudinal, a little to one side of the dorsal 



and between it and the subdorsal line. 

 Adductor: applied to muscles that draw an appendage to the body or bring 



parts into apposition : see abductor. 



Adductor mandibulae: the muscle that draws in or closes the mandible. 

 Adeloceratous: with concealed antennae: see cryptocerata. 

 Adephagous: belonging to the Adephaga; pentamerous, predatory, terrestrial 



beetles with filiform antennae and predatory habits : see hydradephagous. 

 Adherent: attached or clinging to. 

 Adipose: fat or fatty: see fat -body. 

 Adiscota: insecta that develop into adults without forming imaginal discs: 



see discota. 

 Adminicula: supports or props: the spinous processes on the abdomen of 



boring and burrowing pupae. 



Adnate: adjoining; adhering or growing together; closely connected. 

 Adpressed: laid or pressed to; contiguous. 

 Adsperse-us: with markings of closely crowded small spots. 

 Adsternal: situated next or close to the sternum. 

 Adult: the stage when an insect is sexually mature and ready to reproduce 



normally. 



Aduncate -cus, -catus: a part gradually bent through its whole extent. 

 Adventitious: occurring accidentally, out of the ordinary course, without 



apparent reason. 

 Adventral line: in caterpillars, extends along the under side between the 



middle and the base of legs. 

 Adventral tubercle: on the abdominal segments of caterpillars on the inner 



base of the leg, and correspondingly on the apodal segments ; constant : is 



number VIII of the abdominal series (Dyar). 

 ^neous-eus: shining bronze or brassy. 

 Enescent: becoming or appearing bronzed or brassy. 

 JEquale: equal. 



^Equilate -us: of equal breadth throughout. 

 Aerial: living in the air; applied to flying insects. 

 Aeriductus: a spiracle: the tracheal, gill-like structures of aquatic larvae: 



more specifically the tail-like extensions of rat-tailed maggots and some 



aquatic Hemiptcra. 

 Aeroscepsin: an indefinite sense of perception supposed to be located in the 



antenna. 

 Aeroscepsy: the faculty of observing atmospheric changes; supposed to be 



located in the antenna. 



Aerostats: a pair of large air sacs at base of abdomen in Dipt era. 

 .ffiruginose -us: the color of verdigris [blue green]. 

 ./Estival: occurring in summer. 

 Estivation: applied to summer dormancy. 

 Afferent: carrying inwardly or toward the centre. 

 Affinis: related to; similar in structure or development. 



