Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

Abbreviation:

X

Definition:

In most nematocerous larvae, the ultimate or apparent ninth abdominal segment; largely comprising embryonic abdominal segment X but probably including parts of the true ninth and eleventh segments and the telson.

Synonyms:

anal lobe, anal segment, last abdominal segment, last segment, ninth abdominal segment, ninth segment, terminal segment, 10th segment