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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 687phragmocone n. [Gr. phragmos, fence; konos, cone] (MOLL:Cephalopoda) A thin, conical internally chambered shell.phragmocyttarous a. [Gr. phragmos, fence; kyttaros, partition](ARTHRO: Insecta) Pertaining to nests, especially <strong>of</strong>social wasps, in which brood combs are attached laterallyto the inner surface <strong>of</strong> the sack-like envelope.phragmosis n. [Gr. phragmos, fence] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Amethod used by Formicidae and Termitidae in which thehead or tip <strong>of</strong> the abdomen is used as a plug for the nestentrance.phthiriasis n. [Gr. phtheir, louse; -iasis, disease] A skin conditioncaused by an infestation <strong>of</strong> certain Siphunculata.phthisaner n. [Gr. phthisis, decline; aner, male] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A pupal male Formicidae in which the wings aresuppressed and the legs, head, thorax and antennae remainabortive due to the extraction <strong>of</strong> the juices <strong>of</strong> the latelarval or semi-pupal stage by the larval ant chalcid wasp <strong>of</strong>the family Eucharitidae. see phthisogyne.phthisergate n. [Gr. phthisis, decline; ergates, worker] (AR-THRO: Insecta) In Formicidae, an emaciated pharate adultworker due to parasitic feeding in the larval, prepupal orpharate adult stage by the larval ant chalcid wasp <strong>of</strong> thefamily Eucharitidae; an infra-ergatoid form.phthisodinergate n. [Gr. phthisis, decline; deinos, terrible;ergate, worker] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Formicidae, pupatedsoldier denied adulthood due to parasitism.phthisogyne n. [Gr. phthisis, decline; gyne, woman] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In Formicidae, a form resulting from a femalelarva under the same parasitism as a phthisaner.phylacobiosis n. [Gr. phylax, guard; biosis, manner <strong>of</strong> life](ARTHRO: Insecta) A form <strong>of</strong> symbiosis in which a species <strong>of</strong>Formicidae lives in the hills <strong>of</strong> Termitidae supposedly actingas a guard or protector.phylactocarps n.pl. [Gr. phylax, guard; karpos, fruit] (CNID:Hydrozoa) Protective modifications for the gonangia <strong>of</strong> Hydroida.see corbula.Phylactolaemata, phylactolaemates n.; n.pl. [Gr. phylax,guard; laimos, throat] A small, basically cylindrical, mono-

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