embolium
English edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek ἐμβόλιον (embólion, “insertion”).[1][2]
Noun edit
embolium (plural embolia)
- (entomology) A narrow piece separating the costa and corium in certain insects of the suborder Heteroptera.
- 1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume LXXIII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: New York Entomological Society, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 117:
- Hemelytral membranes small, not reaching apex of abdomen; costal margin of embolium rather evenly arcuate, hardly ampliate toward base. Connexivum well exposed, segmental angles rectilinear, not at all produced.
References edit
- ^ “embolium, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “embolium”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
