Definition of Cercus. Meaning of Cercus. Synonyms of Cercus

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Definition of Cercus

Cercus
Cercus Cer"cus, n.; pl. Cerci. [NL., fr. Gr. ? tail.] (Zo["o]l.) See Cercopod.

Meaning of Cercus from wikipedia

- Cerci (sg.: cercus) are paired appendages usually on the rear-most segments of many arthropods, including insects and symphylans. Many forms of cerci serve...
- Melanoplus truncatus, the truncate-cercus short-wing gr****hopper, is a species of spur-throated gr****hopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North...
- is known generally as the "toothcercus shortwing gr****hopper" or "broad cercus scrub gr****hopper". It is endemic to scrub and sandhill communities in Highlands...
- large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group autapomorphy...
- and S. (A.) orientalis, as all have an area of very long setae on the cercus as well as small setae on the surstylar apodeme and the membrane between...
- possess this many antennal flagellomeres as well as an elongate, slender cercus. Another species of Leptoconops discovered in the same piece of amber, Leptoconops...
- Province, Turkey Çerçi, Şabanözü Cercis, a genus of the pea family Fabaceae Cercus (singular form of cerci), an arthropod appendage Circe (disambiguation)...
- The name Anisolabis stems from the asymmetry of the male cerci; the right cercus being more acute than the left. The Dermaptera Species File lists: species...
- Adult males are polymorphic in body weight and head width, as well as cercus length and width. The males have large, heavy, curved forceps that are very...
- of males being close together, and those of females ****her apart. The cercus of the male is longer than that of the female. Chrysomya megacephala has...