scapus


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scapus

[′skā·pəs]
(biology)
The stem, shaft, or column of a structure.

scapus

The shaft of a column.
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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)
warana, both with orange head, by: scapus, pedicellus, mesopleuron and metapleuron brown to blackish; prominent anterior median knob on first tergite of metasoma.
New species of the genus Dentigaster Zettel (hymenoptera, braconidae, cheloninae) from Brazil/Nova especie do genero Dentigaster Zettel (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) do Brasil
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
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
Paraphidnia lacks the digitiform process on the pedicellus of the antenna, which is diagnostic of the other genus, and the distal tubercle on the scapus is less developed compared to species of Anaphidna.
The tribe Dysoniini part V: the group Paraphidniae, with three new species from Guatemala and Ecuador (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)
Scapus yellow-brown, pedicellus yellow-brown basally, pale brown distally, 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.
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
Scapus dorsoventrally compressed ([female][female] in particular), roundly rectangular in dorsal aspect, and 1.
Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea XIII: the genus Paracalynda Zompro, 2001 with notes on Eusermyleformia Bradler, 2009 (Insecta: Phasmatodea: Diapheromerinae: Diapheromerini)
7 cm latae, involutae, distaliter arcuatae; scapus inflorescentiae erectus, teres, 29-50 cm longus; inflorescentia simplicissima; spica anguste elliptica, complanata, 18-25 cm longa, 3.
Tillandsia magnispica (Bromeliaceae: tillandsioideae), a new species from Oaxaca, Mexico
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