lower vaginal sclerite

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Abbreviation:

LVS

Definition:

In female mosquitoes, a pigmented sclerite of the vaginal floor other than the lower vaginal lip; usually absent; well developed in certain aedine species, e.g. those of subgenera Neomacleaya and Verrallina of genus Verrallina.

Synonyms:

preatrial plate
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