hypandrium

English

Noun

hypandrium (plural hypandria)

1. A plate, formed from fused coxites, covering the genitalia of a male insect
   • 2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     We also use the term, aedeagal hood, to refer to a morphologically variable structure at the apex of the hypandrium, a position shared with the hook-like, superior lobes which are dorsal relative to aedeagal hood (Fig 2 ).

Derived terms

• hypandrial