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postabdomen en · NOUN

Etymology

From post- + abdomen.

Meanings

1. The part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax.
2. The terminal segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.
   • The postabdomens of both sexes of Cinderella lampra Steyskal and of the unique female of C. aczeli, n. sp. (Mendoza, Argentina) are described. 1969, George C. Steyskal, “The Postabdomen of Cinderella, with a New Species from Argentina (Diptera: Heleomyzidae)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 42, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 80–83:
   • The anthomyiid oviscapt (postabdomen) is as regards the ground plan undoubtedly slender, well set off from and hardly shorter than the preabdomen, and has slender cerci with projecting, cylindrical apices. 2013, Verner Michelsen, “Proposal of Karliella gen. n. for the Afrotropical ‘Pegomya’ sexpunctata Karl, 1935 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a possible kleptoparasite of dung-breeding beetles”, in African Invertebrates, volume 54, number 2, →DOI, pages 335–347:
   • No special preparation in glycerine of male and female postabdomina were made because the features of diagnostic importance are well visible in dry condition, but as a result not all characters of the postabdomina can be described. 2011, Hans-Peter Tschorsnig, “A new species of Istocheta Rondani (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Mercantour National Park, France”, in Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A (Neue Serie), volume 4, pages 335–340:

Forms

Synonyms

hypopygium (terminal segments of an insect) · terminalia (terminal segments of an insect) · abdomen (part of a crustacean)