puparium

noun plural -ia (-ɪə)

a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the housefly and other dipterous insects

Derived Formspuparial, adjective

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Historical Examples of puparium

The pupa-case, or puparium, is dark reddish-brown, and three lines in length.
Our Common Insects
Alpheus Spring Packard
In about as many more days the puparium state would be entered, and in about six days more the fly or imago would appear.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884
Various
We present the figure of an allied fly, Merodon Bardus (Fig. 78; a, puparium, natural size).
Our Common Insects
Alpheus Spring Packard
The second brood of larvæ remains through the winter in the flax-seed, or puparium.
Our Common Insects
Alpheus Spring Packard
The mode in which insects make their way out of the puparium differs in different orders.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)
William Kirby