Definition of Ptilinum. Meaning of Ptilinum. Synonyms of Ptilinum

- The ptilinum is an eversible pouch on the head, above the base of the antenna in schizophoran flies (a section of muscomorphan and cyclorrhaphan flies)...
- inflatable membranous sac called the ptilinum that protrudes from the face, above the antennae. The inflation of the ptilinum (using fluid hemolymph rather than...
- familiar Muscomorpha with one notable exception; they do not possess a ptilinum, so lack the prominent ptilinal suture on the face as in other muscoid...
- Adult emerging from gall. Notice the ptilinum on the head...
- the head that can be inflated to break through the puparium wall. The ptilinum of P. tibialis contains numerous sclerotised scales, which help with eclosion...
- complete, the adult housefly emerges from the pupa. To do this, it uses the ptilinum, an eversible pouch on its head, to tear open the end of the pupal case...
- dorsal bare arista or terminal style. Above the antennae is an inflatable ptilinum. The oral opening is large and the proboscis is long and slender and often...
- frontal region of the head. Aschiza have no ptilinum or ****ociated suture, Schizophora have both ptilinum and its suture. Becher's collection of Austrian...
- hoverflies. Like these, the adults do not burst open their pupal cases with a ptilinum when hatching, thus the Aschiza do not have the inverted-U-shaped suture...
- is the presence of the ptilinal suture formed by the resorption of the ptilinum after emergence from the pupa. The suture separates two regions: 1. the...