macropterous


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macropterous

[ma′kräp·tə·rəs]
(zoology)
Having large or long wings or fins.
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The only exception was the macropterous Platynus sp., which was a numerically dominant member of the snow bed-alpine meadow assemblage.
Assemblage Characteristics and Habitat Specificity of Carabid Beetles in a Japanese Alpine-Subalpine Zone
Males are macropterous, and the females are either macropterous or brachypterous.
Lachesillidae (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': psocomorpha) from rancho Santa Elena, Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, Mexico, with description of a Lachesilla in species group corona
(i) We predict that consistent differences emerge between the body weights of macropterous and brachypterous individuals due to the different development of flight musculature.
Contrasting patterns of macroptery in Roesel's bush cricket Metrioptera roeselii (Orthoptera, Ensifera)
Material Examined: MADAGASCAR: Diego Suarez Prov.: 2 macropterous males, 1 macropterous female, Mt.
The first record of Hydrometra bifurcata (Heteroptera: Hydrometridae) from the island of Reunion, with distributional notes on other Hydrometra species from Madagascar
Poisson (1949) reported that approximately 90 % of the individuals from Democratic Republic of the Congo were brachypterous and 10 % macropterous. We collected only hindwing brachypterous individuals of this species from a single location in Tanzania.
Naucoridae Leach, 1815 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Tanzania
In general, micropterous females reproduce earlier and have a higher fecundity than macropterous females (Roff 1986a; Denno et al.
The genetic basis of the trade-off between calling and wing morph in males of the cricket Gryllus firmus
marginata population in the low-marsh habitat is associated with the emigration of macropterous adults from tall-form Spartina and their colonization of high-marsh habitats prior to the onset of winter (Denno 1983).
Habitat persistence underlies intraspecific variation in the dispersal strategies of planthoppers
All male specimens of Aleuas uruguayensis collected were long-winged (macropterous) (Fig.
Aleuas uruguayensis Carbonell (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Copiocerinae): nueva ocurrencia en la provincia biogeografica Paranaense
Description of the first Recent macropterous species of Vianaidinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the family within the Cimicomoprha.
Randall Tobias Schuh: a celebration of his career and accomplishments on the occasion of his 70th birthday
All described members of Physoderinae are macropterous, brachypterous specimens probably representing an undescribed species of Physoderes have been deposited in some collections (W.S.
Porcelloderes impenetrabilis gen. & sp. n. from Tanzania, an assassin bug camouflaging in the adult stage (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae)
This species occurs in macropterous form with two distinguish color forms: shinning yellow and dark green.
Systematic Status and Ecology of Hieroglyphus perpolita (Uvarov, 1932) (Acrididae: Orthoperta) of Pakistan*
Hemelytron: macropterous, elongate, exochorium narrow and elongate, extending to sixth abdominal segment; membrane translucent, finely spotted.
Cuscohoplininus pagoreni: a new genus and species of Hoplinini stilt bug from Peru (Heteroptera: Berytidae)
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