Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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Abbreviation:

Gs

Variants:

Pl. gonostyli; Adj. gonostylar

Definition:

The stylus of the gonocoxopodite; movable and attached at or near the apex of the gonocoxite; probably representing the exite lobe of the primitive coxopodite. One-segmented, sometimes secondarily subdivided, in male Nematocera; absent in most or all female Diptera.

Explanation:

See genitalia.

Synonyms:

apical segment, clasp, clasper, clasp filament, clasp segment, claw, distal segment, distal segment of clasper, distimere, dististyle, dististylus, epiandropodite, filament, hook, second joint, style, stylus, telomere, terminal joint, terminal segment of (the) clasp, terminal clasp, terminal clasp segment, terminal portion, terminal segment, terminal segment of the clasper