scapus


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scapus

[′skā·pəs]
(biology)
The stem, shaft, or column of a structure.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

scapus

The shaft of a column.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Description.--Large size, short head, wide round eyes, fastigium verticis as wide as or slightly wider than scapus of antennae, in contact with fastigium frontis, fronto-genal carinae very indistinct.
Paraplangia sinespeculo, a new genus and species of bush-cricket, with notes on its biology and a key to the genera of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from Madagascar
The erect expanded scapus indicates that the female was in a state of arousal.
Structure of genital organs and mating process of the spider hemicloea sundevalli thorell, 1870 (araneae: gnaphosidae)
--Basal flagellomere not significantly longer than scapus and pedicellus combined (Fig.
A revision of Afrotropical species of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera: Conopidae), with descriptions of twenty-one new species and an identification key
9d), a pointed, medial scapus (frequent in other species of the species-group) is almost absent (Fig.
A review of the pirate spiders of Tasmania (Arachnida, Mimetidae, Australomimetus) with description of a new species
For this study we used the protocol showed by Silva et al., which suggests: "Hold the animal using one hand, with its head between the index finger and the thumb; locate in the skull of the animal the region of external occipital crest; mark this point with a pen; obtain this measure taking as reference a media line from the end of the muzzle to the marked point of crest, using the scapus of the pachymeter to measure the external ends".
Malnutrition and somatic development: application of protocol of mensuration to evaluation of indicators of Wistar rats / Desnutricion y evaluacion del desarrollo somatico: uso del protocolo de medidas para la evaluacion de los indicadores en rats Wistar
Fastigium slightly narrower than first antennal segment; forming a finger-like projection ending slightly before scapus when looked at from above.
Review of the genus Lunidia Hemp (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae) and the description of a new species from the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania, East Africa
Antenna 16-segmented; scapus, pedicellus and the first 4 flagellar segments oval and brown, others cylindrical and varying between brown to yellow.
Four new species of Limoniidae (Diptera, Nematocera) from the Inner-West Anatolian subregion of Turkey
Antenna with scapus and pedicellus brown; first flagellomere yellowish, brown at base; second, yellowish brown, the following brown.
New species of the genus Dentigaster Zettel (hymenoptera, braconidae, cheloninae) from Brazil/Nova especie do genero Dentigaster Zettel (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) do Brasil
Scapus and pedicellus yellowbrown, basal flagellomere pale brown.
A revision of Afrotropical species of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera: Conopidae), with descriptions of twenty-one new species and an identification key
Herbae perennes, erectae, 19-26 cm altae; folia omnia basalia, disticha, aequitantia, lineari-ensiformia, glabra, purpurea, basim versus 15-22 cm longa, folia vetera annulum ex fibris constatum basim versus formantia; scapus simplex, alatus, glaber, 17-24 cm longus, 0.5-1 mm latus, margine denticulatus versus apicem; spathae inaequales, geniculatae; tepala flava, elliptica, 8-10 mm longa, 2.5-4.5 mm lata; capsula nutans, sphaerica vel subsphaerica, glabra, 3.5-5 mm longa, 3-4 mm diametro; semina sphaerica vel subsphaerica, brunnea, 1-1.5 mm diametro, reticulata.
Una nueva especie de sisyrinchium (Iridaceae) del estado de Guanajuato, Mexico
Sm, cui affinis, sed scapus rubrus, rache inflorescentiae rubra, ramis lateralibus brevioribus, bracteis floriferis irregulariter sulcatis, floribus longioribus pallide flavidis et petalis longioribus differt.
Two new Alcantarea species from Minas Gerais, Brazil
The most suitable method of measurement respects predetermined anatomic points, the use of the suitable scapus of pachymeter as well as its accuracy.
Protocolo de medidas para evaluacion de indicadores de desarrollo somatico en ratas Wistar
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