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tegmina

  • plural
    of tegmen.
    tegmen
    noun
    a cover, covering, or integument.

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Angle: of tegmina, "is the longitudinal ridge formed along the interno-median by the sudden flexure from the horizontal to the vertical portion when closed."

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

Speculum: a transparent area or spot on wings of some Lepidoptera; the glassy areas at base of tegmina in male Orthoptera that serve as sounding boards: a spot on the neck of some caterpillars.

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

Anal field: Orthoptera; that area on the tegmina corresponding to the anal area of the secondaries.

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

It presumably arose from a nineteenth-century confusion of the hemelytra of the Hemiptera, with the short tegmina, the covering fore-wings of the Dermaptera, that protect their hind wings when they are not in flight.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Montagu Browne

Scraper: the hardened portion of the inner margin of the tegmina in crickets used in producing the song.

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

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