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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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808Maggenti and Gardnersclerotized a.scoleces pl. <strong>of</strong> scolexscolecid, scoleciform, scolecoid a. [Gr. skolex, worm]Scolex-like.scolex n. [Gr. skolex, worm] (PLATY: Cestoda) The head orholdfast organ.scolopale n.; pl. -ia [Gr. skolos, pointed object; L. palus,stake] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A variously shaped cup or conewith longitudinal ridges and a central filament connectingwith the process <strong>of</strong> a central nerve cell; may have a terminalbutton; sensory cell <strong>of</strong> the scolopidium; scolops; cuticularsheath; corpus scolopale.scoloparium see proprioceptorscolopidium n.; pl. -ia [Gr. dim. skolos, pointed object] Amechanoreceptor (part <strong>of</strong> a chordotonal organ) consistingessentially, <strong>of</strong> three cells: sensory neuron (scolopale), envelopingcell, and an attachment, or cap cell; scolopophore;sensillum scolopophorum. see myochordotonalorgan.scolopoid sheath see scolopalescolopophore, scolophore n. [Gr. skolos, pointed object;phoreus, bearer] (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. Complex sensillaconsisting <strong>of</strong> a bundle <strong>of</strong> sensory cells whose endings areseparated from the body by one or more accessory cells,that are receptive to mechanical stimuli; scolopidium. 2. Asense organ perceiving continuous vibration. see tangoreceptor.scolopophorus organ see chordotonal organscolops see scolopalescolus n.; pl. scoli [Gr. skolos, pointed object] 1. Thorny processes<strong>of</strong> the body-wall. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. In Coleoptera,long branched projection <strong>of</strong> coccinellid beetles. b. InLepidoptera, characteristic <strong>of</strong> nymphalid and saturniid larvae;sphingid larvae also have a similar process in the analhorn.scolytoid larva (ARTHRO: Insecta) A fleshy larva resemblingthe larva <strong>of</strong> scolytid beetles.

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