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Kerbtier - Beetle glossary Category: Animals and Nature > Beetles Date & country: 24/11/2013, DE Words: 317

apomorphy
a derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants

apex
tip, pointed end of a structure

antifungal
destructive to fungi, or suppressing their reproduction or growth; effective against fungal infections

anterior
concerning of facing the front, towards the head

antenna
paired, segmented sensory appendages

alpine
climate zone 2000 - 3000 m, montane grasslands and shrublands. Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine (Pinus mugo) limit

allopatric
two or more forms of a species having essentially separate distributions

allochthonous
opposite of autochthonous, originating from outside a system, non-native, introduced

alate
winged, having wings

algophagous
feeding on algae

aedeagus
male copulatory organ

Alae
the membranous wings

acrodendric
living in tree tops

adult
the stage when an insect is sexually mature and ready to reproduce normally

abiotic
of or characterized by the absence of life or living organisms

abdomen
third (posterior) major division of the insect body

aberration
a form that departs in some striking way from the normal type; either single or occurring rarely, at irregular intervals