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VALVULAE [2 records]

Record 1 1991-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A small valve or valvelike process

OBS

"Valvulae" is the plural form of "valvula".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Une petite valve; petit prolongement valvulaire; un organe coriacé recouvrant les parties buccales suceuses.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

In "female" Grylloblattodea, a pair of sclerites at the base of the ovipositor articulating with the base of the first and third valvulae as well as with abdominal tergum IX, being vestiges of abdominal sternum IX.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Plaques basales de l'oviscapte, probablement dérivées des coxopodites des gonopodes, portant les valvules, et comprenant les premières valvifères du huitième segment abdominal, et les secondes valvifères du neuvième segment. Deuxièmes valvifères : dans l'oviscapte des insectes ptérygotes, la paire basale de lobes ou plaques qui supportent la base des secondes valvules (Snodgrass).

Spanish

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