basoflagellomere
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editEtymology
editNoun
editbasoflagellomere (plural basoflagellomeres)
- A basal flagellomere.
- 1990, F. Christian Thompson, “Two immigrant synanthropic flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to North America”, in Entomological News, volume 101, number 2, page 69:
- Face silvery white pollinose; antenna extensively dark, from all black in most males to basoflagellomere more than 2/3r dark brown in females and some males; […]
- 2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- For instance, the basoflagellomere varies from being yellow to being blackish; the pile on T3 may or may be all black or black with orange pile anteriorly.