Definitions For Glossary Terms
- NECK
- Anteriorly convergent sloping surface of the pronotum anterior to the collar; sometimes called the collum. [drawing][photo]
- NOTAL MEMBRANE
- The membranous cuticle that connects the overlapped, dorsolateral portions
of the second valvulae or stylet sheath of the ovipositor stylets. [drawing]
- NOTAULAR LINE See
notaulus
- NOTAULIX See notaulus
- NOTAULUS
- (pl., notauli) Paired lines or grooves on the mesoscutum that subdivide the sclerite into a
median midlobe and lateral lobes; the notauli, if present, usually originate
anteriorly near each mesothoracic spiracle and converge posteriorly, often
ending near the inner angles of the axillae if
they extend to the transscutal
articulation. The notauli are external indications of internal phragmata that separate the dorsolongitudinal and
dorsoventral flight muscles (see also parapsidal line). [drawing][photo]
- NOTUM
- (pl., nota) The tergum of a thoracic
segment. [drawing]
- NUCHA
- Posteromedian region of the propodeum,
if the region extends more or less neck-like posteriorly between the metacoxae.
[drawing][photo]