Mosquito Taxonomic Inventory

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Abbreviation:

T

Definition:

The paired, usually movable, dorsolateral appendage of the cephalothorax containing the mesothoracic spiracle; apex cut off obliquely to form the pinna, the remainder being the meatus; the surface sometimes with a proximal tracheoid and a distal reticulate area or entirely reticulate. Two types of trumpets, angusticorn and laticorn, occur in mosquito pupae.

Synonyms:

air pipe, breathing tube, prothoracic spiracle, respiratory horn, siphon, spiracle, syphon, syphon tube, tube