torulus


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torulus

(ˈtɔːjʊləs; ˈtɒrjʊləs)
n
1. (Zoology) zoology a socket in an insect's head in which its antenna is attached
2. (Medicine) med a minute swelling in the skin
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2a); intertorular distance 2.0x OD, about as long as torulorbital distance; torulus diameter 0.8x OD; ocellocular distance 2.1x greater than ocelloccipital distance; interocellar distance 1.5x OD; compound eye 2.3x longer than wide; gena about as wide as compound eye in profile; supraclypeal area, as seen in profile, on the same level with clypeus; facial fovea 5.0x longer than broad, 0.3x length of scape; scape 2.1x longer than broad; F1 1.6x longer than broad, about 1.6x longer than F2 and F3 individually.
Una especie nueva de Andinopanurgus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) de las grandes alturas del sur de Peru
Distance between toruli 0.6 times as long as distance from torulus to eye.
Parasaissetia nigra (Hemiptera: Coccidae) and its parasitoids from the genus Coccophagus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), with description of a new species from Tamaulipas, Mexico
Toruli separated from each other by a distance distinctly greater than diameter of torulus. (kiefferi group)....
A new Tanaostigmodes Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Tanaostigmatidae) from Brazil/Um novo Tanaostigmodes Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Tanaostigmatidae) do Brasil
Supra-antennal grooves large and deep, no furrow developed towards torulus. Interantennal area with very small medial groove.
Revision of Durbadnus Pasteels, 1954, with notes on other Afrotropical Blennocampinae and Allantinae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae)
Both homonymical and synonymical usage abounds with anatomical terminology of insects, namely Heteroptera, such as "antennal tubercle, antennal sclerite, antennifer, antenniferous tubercle, antennal socket, torus, torulus." We apply here a simple English terminology.
A new genus and species of oriental Colobathristidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with a key to eastern hemisphere genera and morphological and functional considerations
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