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apodeme

[′ap·ə‚dēm]
(invertebrate zoology)
An internal ridge or process on an arthropod exoskeleton to which organs and muscles attach.
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I support Lane's original assignment, because sexermis shows several cheirurinine features including a characteristic morphology of the first pleural lobe, the apodemes, and the fulcrum.
Revision of the Ordovician cheirurid trilobite genus Reraspis with the description of the earliest representative/Ordoviitsiumi cheiruriidse trilobiidiperekonna Reraspis revisjon koos selle varajasima esindaja kirjeldusega
Claws that are long relative to their height have high tip velocity per unit distance contracted by the muscle attached to the apodeme, but low mechanical advantage.
Claw morphology and feeding rates of introduced European green crabs (Carcinus maenas L, 1758) and native dungeness crabs (Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
6); ejaculatory apodeme slightly larger than epandrium; genital fork (sternite 5) with gap Y-shaped at base (Fig.
A review of the Afrotropical genus Aristobatina Verbeke (Diptera: Micropezidae: Taeniapterinae), with descriptions of four new species from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania
Phallosome apodeme long, slender, distally dilated and divided in two arms apically pointed, each directed laterally and ending in a round membranous area (Fig.
Dos especies nuevas de Lachesilla del grupo Pedicularia (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera'), del Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Apodeme 4 (ap4) meeting medially; paragenital seta (pr) messed to genital disc (gdi3); gnathosomal distal fork separated from basal joint.
Description of Two New Species of Genus Caloglyphus Berlese (Acari: Acaridae) From Pakistan
Genitalia of male with small dorsal apodeme, median genital sac not visible in material examined; genitalia of female with large gonosac which is covered with scattered pores.
Pseudalbiorix, a new genus of Ideoroncidae (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisioidea) from Central America
Area lateral to apodeme 3 (ap 3) and apodeme 4 (ap 4) not dotted.
Description of Two New Species (Hypopi) of Genus Acotyledon Oudemans (Acarina: Acaridae) From Pakistan
Additional characters of the male genitalia: Aedeagus with slender and rounded socle in ventral view, stem short with a flat and lightly expanded process cephalad on dorsal surface and a ventrally curved sharp apical process; dorsal apodeme little pronounced; round apical gonopore on ventral surface; phragma bearing a pair of short membranous rounded-leaf-like processes, with small slightly sclerotized areas at base with microsetae on anterior margin and microteeth on the opposite margin (Fig.
Las especies argentinas del grupo Faltala (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
On the anteromedial side the membranous wall of both the medial diverticula is folded-over, forming a longitudinal fold running from the distal end of the lateral apodeme right up to the proximal part of the same (Fig.
The male genitalia of the family Atemnidae (Pseudoscorpiones)
Size of central region versus apodeme region of endophallic plates: ORDERED 0.
A cladistic analysis of the tribe Bactrophorini (Bactrophorinae, Romaleidae)
In hipinnate muscles, twice as many muscle fibers attach per unit area of apodeme (the crustacean tendon) because they attach on both sides.
Cuticle strength and the size-dependence of safety factors in Cancer crab claws
5) with apodeme and venula Vf as long as pleura II; anterior margin notched and sclerotized medially.
A taxonomic review of Stachyotis (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Plutellidae) with description of a new species from China

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