ptilinum

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 242 words | Copyright

ptilinum An inflatable sac above the base of the antennae in Diptera (true flies) of the section Schizophora (suborder Cyclorrapha). It is used by the emerging fly to break open the puparium and to force a path through the pupation substrate.

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