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hypopygium

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hypopygium [‚hī·pə′pij·ē·əm]
(invertebrate zoology)
A modified ninth abdominal segment together with the copulatory apparatus in Diptera.


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Diagnosis: hypopygium often quite small, sometimes prolonged medially, sometimes truncate or slightly concave, and never centrally longitudinally striate.
Diagnosis: Pale yellow species with dark fifth tarsomeres; large hypopygium with complex structures easily visible externally; spinose, elongate, separated cerc; differs from sibling species, O.
Diagnosis: Yellow species with very large hypopygium with complex structures easily visible externally; spinose elongate cerc; anterior orb reclinate, posterior 2 orb lateroclinate; 1 strong posterior dc with shorter seta anterior to it.
 
 
 
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