Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 879surpedal area or lobe (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, alobe or area just above the prolegs and below and behindthe spiracle on the abdomen of Symphyta larvae; suprapedalarea; postepipleurite.surstyli n.pl.; sing. -lus [L. supra, over; Gr. stylos, pillar] (AR-THRO: Insecta) In Diptera, paired appendages of the ninthabdominal tergite (epandrium); suprastyli.suspensor n. [L. sub, under; pendere, hang] 1. (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Hymenoptera, a structure composed of carton orwax attaching the comb nests of bees and wasps. 2.(NEMATA: Adenophorea) Muscles associated with the spicules,enclosing the distal part of the spicules ofParatrichodorus and other males in Diphtherophorina.suspensorium n.; pl. -ria [L. sub, under; pendere, to hang] 1.Anything that suspends a part. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. InBlattoidea, a pair of linear sclerites extending toward thelateral mouth angle on each side of the proximal half of thehypopharynx. b. In Coleoptera, extends from the adoralface upwards to end in the lateral walls of the stomodeum;fultura. c. Suspensory ligaments that insert into the bodywall or dorsal diaphragm suspending developing ovaries inthe hemocoel.suspensory fold of the Schwann cell see mesaxonsuspensory muscles see dilatorsustentacular cells Supporting cells of organs as differentiatedfrom the cells that provide the function of the organ.sustentor/sustentator n. [L. sustinere, to sustain] (ARTHRO:Insecta) One of two hooks on the posterior part of a butterflypupa; cremaster.sutural angle see sutural slopesutural edge (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Cirripedia, the margin ofthe compartmental plate along the suture.sutural laminae (MOLL: Polyplacophora) Apophyses plates;anterior plate-like projections of the articulamentum extendingfrom either side of an intermediate or tail valve;may be separated by a sinus or partially joined by a laminarextension of the articulamentum.