alula, alulae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

No Taxon (Glossary --use Taxonomy, then Info tabs to view entries)

No Taxon (A)

No Taxon alula, alulae

Explanation of Names

Latin alula little wing, diminutive of ala wing.

Identification

alula noun, plural alulae - a term used for different smaller, winglike structures found on the wings themselves:

an expanded axillary membrane of the wing found in some diptera and coleoptera

a similar lobe attached to the base of the wing, also in some diptera and coleoptera

in some diptera, a membranous lobe above the haltere, more specifically called the calpyter.

See Also

wing

calpyter

haltere

Print References

Gordh, p. 40 (1)

Works Cited

1.	A Dictionary of Entomology By George Gordh, David H. Headrick

Contributed by Cotinis on 21 September, 2008 - 9:10pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 21 November, 2009 - 4:15pm

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