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Scabrous: rough with numerous small elevations. 



Scale: a broad, flattened, scale-like hair. 



Scape: the elongate first segment of the geniculate antenna. 



Sclerite: a piece of the segment wall, bounded primitively by sutures. 



Scrobe: a groove, as that on the side of the beak to receive the antennal scape. 



Sculpture: the elevated or impressed markings on the surface. 



Scutellum: the subtriangular piece between the bases of the elytra. 



Segment: a primary transverse division of an articulate's body, e.g., the prothorax; a section 



or division of an appendage, bounded primitively by sutures, e.g., the segments of the antennal 



funicle. 



Segmented: divided into evident segments. 

 Septate: divided by an internal partition or septum. 

 Sericeous : with a silky lustre from dense, minute pubescence. 

 Serrate: armed with a row of saw-teeth. 

 Serrulate: armed with many small saw-teeth. 

 Seta -as: a rather short, stiff, pointed hair. 

 Setigerous: with setae. 

 Setose: setigerous. 



Setose-punctate: with setse arising from the punctures. 

 Sinuate: undulating. 

 Solid: applied to organs made up of fused segments; applied to an antennal club of apparently 



only one segment. 

 Spatulate: shaped like a spatula, applied to an appendage or process, flattened, moderately 



widened distally and broadly rounded at the apex. 

 Spine: an elongate, acute process. 

 Spinose: with spines. 

 Spiracle: breathing pore, stigma. 

 Spur: a short, blunt process. 

 Squamose: scaly. 



Sternite: the ventral piece or sclerite of a body segment. 



Sternum : the breast piece, the middle ventral sclerite of the thoracic segments. 

 Stria -ae: a narrowly impressed line, usually longitudinal, especially the parallel impressed, 



usually punctured, lines on the elytra from base to apex. 

 Striate: marked with striae. 

 Sub -: nearly but not quite the same as the term to which the prefix is applied; e.g., subequal = 



almost equal, subovate = nearly but not quite oval; also beneath, subcortical = beneath the 



bark. 

 Submarginal: an indefinite area well within but not far from the actual edge, within but near 



the margin. 



Subtend: to lie opposite to. 



Sulcate: marked with a broad furrow or with parallel grooves. 

 Sulcate-retuse: applied to the elytral declivity when the median sulcus is broad and deep and 



the lateral prominences more than usually pronounced; strongly retuse. 

 Sulcus: a groove or furrow. 



Sultural Stria: the first stria on each elytron, usually wider and deeper than the others. 

 Suture: the longitudinal line along the dorsum marking the junction of the elytra. The name 



is frequently applied to the two first interspaces, which are commonly conjointly elevated, 



especially towards the declivity; in this case the suture is said to be elevated or convex. 



Tergite: the dorsal part of the segment, especially when it consists of one segment as in the 



abdomen. 



Tergum: the back, the dorsum of the primitive segment. 

 Tomentose : clothed with densely matted fine hairs. 

 Tooth: a short acute process, often conical. 

 Truncate: cut off squarely as though sectioned with a knife. 



Tubercle: a small or moderate knob-like prominence, a coarse granule or small blunt tooth. 

 Tuber culate: marked with tubercles; like a tubercule. 

 Type: a single specimen selected from a series by the describer to bear his name and label and 



from which his description of the species is written. 

 Typical: agreeing with the type of the species in all important characters, without variations. 



Uniseriate: in a single row. 



Venter: the lower surface of the abdomen; the belly. 



Ventral: pertaining to the venter. 



Vertex: the top of the insect's head between the occiput and the front. 



Vestiture: all the surface clothing, including all hairs, scales, and excrescences. 



Villose: clothed with short soft hairs. 



Vitta: a longitudinal coloured line or band. 



Vittate: striped. 



