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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 377sclerotized structures of the diaphragm, namely, the fulturainferior and the fultura superior.fultura superior (ARTHRO: Insecta) In male Lepidoptera,sclerotized structures situated on the dorsal part of thediaphragm, including the dorsal part of the anellus andtranstilla.fulvous a. [L. fulvus, tawny yellow] Having low saturation andmedian brilliance; orange, reddish yellow, tawny, rust coloror reddish brown.function v. [L. functio, perform] The activity or action of anypart of an organism. functional a.functional haplometrosis (ARTHRO: Insecta) A colony inwhich an initial pleometrotic association of females undergoesa change, resulting in a haplometrotic society of theoriginal females, presided over by one of them; functionalmonogyny. see permanent haplometrosis, temporaryhaplometrosis.fundament n. [L. fundamentum, foundation] The primordium.fundatrigenia n. [L. fundare, to found; Gr. genos, descent](ARTHRO: Insecta) In Homoptera, the wingless, viviparousparthenogenetic Aphidae and Phylloxeridae females, theoffspring of a fundatrix, that lives on the primary host.fundatrix n.; pl. -trices [L. fundare, to found] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The wingless, viviparous, parthenogenetic femaleAphidae, Phylloxeridae and Adelgidae that hatches fromoverwintered eggs and founds a new colony. see fundatrigenia,alienicola, migrante, gallicola.fundatrix spuria see agamic, migrantefundus n. [L. fundus, bottom] The base or bottom, as in thebottom of a hollow organ.fungicolous a. [L. fungus, mushroom; colare, to inhabit] Livingin or on fungi.fungiform a. [L. fungus, mushroom; forma, shape] Mushroomshaped.fungivorous a. [L. fungus, mushroom; vorare, to devour]Feeding on or devouring fungus mycelium; mycetophagous;mycophagous.