Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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Abbreviation:

De

Definition:

In many anopheline eggs, the tuberculate outer chorion of the ventral surface which normally is not covered by water and is completely or incompletely enclosed by the frill; sometimes divided so that in effect there are two decks, one anterior and one posterior. In the eggs of species of Hodgesia, Mimomyia, Orthopodomyia and Deinocerites, that part of the ventral surface enclosed by the frill, or the flange in the case of Orthopodomyia.

Synonyms:

For anopheline eggs: anterior demarcated area (in part), anterior surface, demarcated area, enclosed area, enclosed surface, flat median ridge, posterior demarcated area (in part), upper surface.