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Obtected
Obtected Ob*tect"ed, a. [L. obtectus, p. p. of obtegere to cover over.] 1. Covered; protected. [Obs.] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files.
Obtected
Pupa Pu"pa, n.; pl. L. Pup?, E. Pupas. [L. pupa girl. doll, puppet, fem. of pupus. Cf. Puppet.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage. Note: Among insects belonging to the higher orders, as the Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, the pupa is inactive and takes no food; in the lower orders it is active and takes food, and differs little from the imago except in the rudimentary state of the sexual organs, and of the wings in those that have wings when adult. The term pupa is sometimes applied to other invertebrates in analogous stages of development. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell. Coarctate, or Obtected, pupa, a pupa which is incased in the dried-up skin of the larva, as in many Diptera. Masked pupa, a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in Lepidoptera.

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- cross-vein near the center of the leading edge of a wing. Also called "node". obtect Appendages fused or glued to the body. occipital suture (Anatomical feature)...
- Lepidoptera). Obtect pupa – appendages are attached closely to the body and are commonly encapsulated within a cocoon. Some adecticous pupa are obtect forms....
- marked by reduced movement. There are three types of pupae: obtect, exarate or coarctate. Obtect pupae are compact, with the legs and other appendages enclosed...
- (Staphylinidae, Ptiliidae etc.) the appendages are fused with the body (termed as obtect pupae). Adults have extremely variable lifespans, from w****s to years, depending...
- drastically. Pupae can be classified into three types: obtect, exarate, and coarctate. Obtect pupae are compact, with the legs and other appendages enclosed...
- cuticle, they have adhered tightly to the outer cuticle of the pupa (in obtect pupae). Within hours, the wings form a cuticle so hard and well-joined to...
- intermediate between the larval and adult form; these pupae are described as "obtect", having the ****ure appendages visible as structures that adhere to the...
- detectable, detection, detective, detector, integument, integumentary, obtect, pretectal, pretectum, protect, protection, protective, protector, protectorate...
- however headless and wormlike, and display only three instars. Pupae are obtect in the Nematocera, or coarcate in Brachycera. Adults are small (< 2 millimetres...
- species are adecticous (with no functional mandibles in the pupal state) and obtect (with appendages fused or glued to the body), while others are decticous...