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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 417prioceptors that are involved in the normal bearing of thelimbs; also involved for measuring the vector of externalforces, and contributing to orientation of the animal. 2. Apad on the compound eyes of the honey bee and betweenthe eyes of locusts controlling the self-generated flightspeed.hair plates see hair padshaliotoid a. [Gr. hals, salt, sea; otos, ear; eidos, like] Earshaped.Haller's organ (ARTHRO: Insecta) A complex sensory setal fieldwithin one or more pits, on the dorsal aspect of tarsus I ofticks and mites, providing sites for contact or olfactorychemoreception.halmatometamorphosis n. [Gr. halmatos, leap; metamorphosis,transform, change] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The processof degeneration of larval structures and development ofspecialized structures adapted for arthropod endoparasiticlife.halocline n. [Gr. hals, salt, sea; klinein, to slope] That area ofsharp vertical salinity change in the ocean or other salinewater.halophile n. [Gr. hals, salt, sea; philos, love] An organismadapted to living in a salty environment.halter n.; pl. halteres [Gr. halter, balancer] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Diptera, sense organs consisting of a basal lobe, a stalkand an end knob on each side of the metathorax, representinga reduced hind wing; balancers.hamabiosis see neutralismhamate, hamiform a. [L. hamus, hook] Hooked; bent at theend resembling a hook; aduncate.hamatype n. [Gr. hama, together; typos, type] Obs. A specimenfrom the type lot of a species, not specified as aholotype or paratype; a special group of topotypes.hammock n. [Sp. hamaca, swinging couch] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Has been used to describe the hammock-like covering of acaterpillar.hampe n. [F. shank, stalk] (CNID) The basal tube portion of the