Definition of Scutellar

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scutellar

scutages
scutal
scutch
scutched
scutcheon
scutcheoned
scutcheons
scutcher
scutchers
scutches
scutching
scutella
scutellar (current term)
scutellate
scutellated
scutellation
scutellations
scutelliform
scutelliplantar
scutes
scutibranch
scutibranchia
scutibranchian
scutibranchiata
scutibranchiate
scutibranchiates

Literary usage of Scutellar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1902)
"... Hal., also possesses this last character, the first two pairs of the dorsal bristles being incurved, but it has only four scutellar bristles. ..."

2. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1899)
"... either complete and constant, or formed occasionally and in certain individuals by the coalescence of the small scutellar and two post-scutellar spots ..."

3. A Monograph of the Culicidae, Or Mosquitoes by Frederick Vincent Theobald (1907)
"... of antennae brown, with small flat creamy scales on inner aspect, basal Fig. 228. Cephalic and scutellar ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"Head black ; scutellar stria distinct. 3-5-—4 mm. Prothorax pale ; hind angles much rounded ; basal impressions with a few coarse punctures ; elytra with a ..."

5. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"Sheath of proboscis closely appressed to the sternum, and extending back to a point immediately below base of scutellar segment. ..."

6. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1877)
"... with 2 thoracic and 2 scutellar spines, the latter long and stout, ... gn, with the scutellar spines short and slender, ending in a seta, ..."

7. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1908)
"... and the scutellar dash is always short, terminating abruptly near basal fourth, though frequently notably expanded at tip ; Americana, of Crotch, ..."

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