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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> 873subsocial n. [L. sub, under; socius, companion] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Applied to adults caring for their young for some period<strong>of</strong> time. see presocial.subsocies n.pl. [L. sub, under; socius, companion] A termused by various authors when there is disagreement as tothe definition <strong>of</strong> the word associes.subspecies n. [L. sub, under; species, kind] A subdivision <strong>of</strong> aspecies inhabiting a geographic subdivision <strong>of</strong> the range <strong>of</strong>the species and differing taxonomically from other populations<strong>of</strong> the species.substitute see supplementary reproductivesubstitute king see supplementary reproductivesubstitute name A name proposed to replace a preoccupiedname that assumes the same type and type-locality.substrate n. [L. sub, under; stratum, bed] 1. A substance onwhich an enzyme acts. 2. see substratum.substrate race A local race selected by nature to have a similarity<strong>of</strong> coloration with that <strong>of</strong> the substratum.substratum n.; pl. substrata [L. sub, under; stratum, bed]The ground or other surface in or upon which organismslive, walk, crawl or are attached.subsume n. [L. sub, under; sumere, to take] To include under;to put under another as belonging to it, i.e., in zoologicalclassification.subtegular ridge (ARTHRO: Insecta) A transverse ridge nearthe upper edge <strong>of</strong> the mesopleurum, below the tegula andbase <strong>of</strong> the front wing.subtegulum n. [L. sub, under; tegulum, covering] (ARTHRO:Chelicerata) In Arachnida, one <strong>of</strong> the sclerotized plates thatprotect the hematodocha <strong>of</strong> the male papal organ <strong>of</strong> somespiders.subtorma n. [L. sub, under; Gr. tormos, socket] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Coleoptera, the heavily sclerotized, transverse,curved process <strong>of</strong> certain Scarabaeoidea larvae, locatednear the proximal border <strong>of</strong> the hypopharynx.subtriangle n. [L. sub, under; tri, three; angulus, angle] (AR-THRO: Insecta) In Odonata Anisoptera, A cell or group <strong>of</strong>

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