puparium

British  

/ pjuːˈpɛərɪəm /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• puparial adjective

Example Sentences

Scale: a general term to distinguish Coccidae: specifically the puparium of a Diaspid, comprising exuviae and excreted matter: the waxy covering of a male Lecaniid: in Diptera = alula: q.v.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Ventral scale: in Diaspinae, the under part of the puparium, interposed between the insect and the plant.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

In about as many more days the puparium state would be entered, and in about six days more the fly or imago would appear.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various

The very day it is hatched, it sheds its skin and changes to an oval puparium of a dark brown color.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

This affords a very satisfactory method of mounting, particularly as the different sexes may be brought together on the same bit of pith, or the adult and puparium in Diptera, as shown at Figure 101.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.