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Physogastrism or
physogastry is a
characteristic of
certain arthropods (mostly
insects and mites),
where the
abdomen is
greatly enlarged and membranous...
- "Distribution, diversity,
mesonotal morphology,
gallery architecture, and
queen physogastry of the
termite genus Calcaritermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae)". ZooKeys...
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formed by
neosomy is a neosomule.
Neosomy is
similar to
physogastrism (or
physogastry) and the two
phenomena are
sometimes confused. However, physogastrism...
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workers (approximately 2–6 times). Post-mating,
meliponine queens undergo physogastry,
developing a
distended abdomen. This
physical transformation sets them...
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their abdomen over
their body. The
abdomen may also show
enlargement of
physogastry and in a few
species there are
protruding appendages that
mimic the body...
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process called physogastrism. The
swelling ends in the
condition of
physogastry, and
results in the
appearance of a
white halo
around a
black dot at...
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greater than 0.35 mm in diameter. At the
onset of spring, she
enters physogastry, a
phase in
which her
gaster greatly expands,
while the
first few larvae...
- the
termite to go from egg to maturity. With time the
females undergo physogastry –
where the
ovaries enlarge and the
abdomen swells. The
kings look the...
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animal its
peculiar round appearance. This
adaptation (so-called "false
physogastry")
allows the
animal to
store wet air
under its
elytrae and use it for...
- blind,
lacking eyes and
optic neuropiles. Its
abdomen exhibits false physogastry,
which means that it
appears larger than it
truly is, due to the enlarged...
