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fastigium

1. The pediment of a portico, so-called in ancient architecture because it followed the form of the roof.
2. The crest or ridge of a roof.
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Fastigium of vertex conical, narrower than scapus, furrowed dorsally and separated by step-like incision
Key to the Tribes and Genera of Tettigonioidea (Orthoptera) of Pakistan
Fastigium verticis narrower than first segment of antennae, sulcate dorsally, not contacting fastigium frontis.
The genus Ectadia (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae: Phaneropterinae) in East Asia: description of a new species, comparison of its complex song and duetting behavior with that of E. fulva and notes on the biology of E. fulva
14), sharply enlarged above clypeus (near level of antennae in frontal view), with distinct median carina running from fastigium to level of antennae, obsolete ventrad of antennae.
A new tribe of Tropiduchidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with revision of the genus Buca and description of asymmetric hind leg spinulation
Body medium sized, greenish with small reddish-brown dots; fastigium narrow, acute; antennae pale-yellow.
Systematic Study on the Various Tribes of Phaneropterinae (Tettigonioidea: Orthoptera) Occurring in Pakistan
5:1) projecting beyond eyes about one-third of its length, basal compartment occupying approximately more than basal third, conspicuous submedian carinae forming narrow triangular area towards the fastigium (Fig.
Una nueva especie neotropical del genero Megamelus y nueva combinacion para Stenocranus maculipes (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)
Beata igitur Virgo non in censuro venit, tametsi enim in Del Matrem electa, ad hoc tamen fastigium evecta non fuit, ut posset panem in corpus, vinum in sanguinem Christi conservare: 224, n.
Maria y la eucaristia en Cristobal de Vega
Malaysian artist Wong Hoy Cheong's Fastigium, 2005, used bamboo and netting to add a full-scale minaret to the museum's roof, evoking Guangzhou's overlooked history as a trading port for Muslim Arab merchants during the eighth century and turning discussions about globalization within the PRD toward something tangible.
Second Guangzhou Triennial: Guangdong Museum of Art
Presentan un pronorum provisto de numerosos granulos, rostrum con proyecciones genales agudas y fastigium muy alargado, grueso y espinoso.
Comportamiento intrasexual en machos de Panacanthus pallicornis (Walker, 1869) (orthoptera: tettigoniidae)
The head is characteristic, with a small pyramidal fastigium, inclined forwards and downward, eyes moderately protuberant, with a strong postocular constriction and a basal zone (where the mouthparts insert) which is very wide and rather globose.
La familia Proscopiidae (Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea) en Colombia. I. El genero Apioscelis
quod divi patris nostris et soceri regale sortientes fastigium gemino me sentio iuramenti rete inplicitum, ita ut si unum ex his observantiae cautela conservem ex alio nicilominus in periurii crimen videar recidisse.
Aspectos teoricos e practicos da legitimidade do poder regio na hispania visigoda: o exemplo da adoptio
Fazem parte do lexico da grandeza social os termos fastigium e summum, simbolizando seu apice:</p> <pre> Nec quicquam pulchrius existimo quam in summo fastigio collocatos multarum rerum uemam date, nullius petere.
Seneca: a imagem da ascensao
From these agraeciines Erechthis is distinguished "in the shape of the fastigium verticis which is much longer than the scapus and has a pointed apex" (Chamorro-Rengifo et al.
Erechthis katydids (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in the Caribbean: new species from The Bahamas and Hispaniola
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