haltere
haltere In
Diptera, the modified hind wing, shaped like a drum stick and used as a balancing organ, enabling the fly to sense direction and movement in flight.
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Pursuit of butterflies. (photo technique)
Magazine article from: PSA Journal; 2/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...similar to the male, but with blue across each cell of the hind wing. The dark form, I have no doubt, is because of cross-breeding...watch for the dark bar that transverses all the cells of the hind wing on the under side. This marking is not noticeable on the upper...
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Five new species of the genus Microplitis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from China.(Report)
Magazine article from: Florida Entomologist; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...band disconnected by a rugose patch in the middle. Forewing with areolet; 1CU1 much shorter than 2CU1, r short. Vannal lobe of hind wing protruding with distinct fringe throughout. Hind coxa small, not protruding beyond T1. Hind tibia shorter than half of basitarsus...
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(book reviews)
Magazine article from: Animals; 3/1/1998; ; 580 words
; ...magnificent Okavango: Africa's Last Eden. The yellow eyes of a great homed owl appear opposite the identical yellow eyes on the hind wing of a Peruvian owl butterfly. The shape of the jaws of a tiny leaf-tailed gecko precisely mirrors the terrifying maw of a Nile...
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Serial Homology
Book article from: Animal Sciences
...where the rear flight appendage, or the haltere, resembled a wing. This wing resemblance was no accident. The Drosophila wing and haltere are serially homologous . They were both...But at one location on the body, only a haltere will grow. At another, only a wing will...
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hypopleural bristles
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
hypopleural bristles In some Diptera , two rows of bristles, one on each side of the thorax , from below and in front of the halteres to above the base of the hind legs.
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Diptera
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
...two-winged, flies. Flies possess only one pair of wings – the forewings; the hindwings are modified to form small clublike halteres that function as balancing organs. Typically fluid feeders, flies have mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking or for lapping...
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squamae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
squamae In Diptera , flap-like appendages at the base of the wings which are often attached to the thorax close to the wing base, and which sometimes conceal the halteres . In some Brachycera and Cyclorrapha they are obvious as waxy, white flaps.
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crane fly
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...has a slender body, long fragile legs, and one pair of wings. The hindwings are reduced to special balancing organs called halteres. The larvae, leatherjackets, live in the soil where they feed on plant roots and stems, frequently becoming serious agricultural...
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