Entomology terms -Glossary
Abdomen
Body of the insect, toward the posterior of the thorax.
Acaricide
A chemical employed to kill and control mites and ticks.
Acariphagous
Feeding on mites (also refers to parasitoids of mites).
Accessory gland
Any secondary gland of the glandular system.
Acylurea
A class of insect growth regulators
Adipocytes
A major cell type of insects that stores fat body and reserves nutrients
Aestivation
Summer dormancy, entered into when conditions are unfavourable for active life i.e. it is too hot or too dry.
Air sac
A dilated portion of a trachea
Alary muscles
Muscles along the dorsal diaphragm that may perform circulation.
Aldrin
(common name). A synthetic insecticide
Algophagy
Feeding on algae.
Aliphatic
A term applied to the “open chain” or fatty series of hydrocarbons.
Allopatric
Two or more forms of a species having essentially separate distributions.
Altruistic
Self-destructive. or potentially self-destructive behavior performed for the benefit of others.
Ambrosia
The fungus cultivated by wood-boring beetles of the family Scolytidae.
Ametabola
The insects which develop without metamorphosis, namely the Protura, Thysanura, and Collembola.
Amide
Compound derived from carboxylic acids by replacing the hydroxyl of the -COOH by the amino group, -NH2-.
Amine
An organic compound containing nitrogen, derived from ammonia, NH3, by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms by as many hydrocarbon radicals.
Amino acid
Organic compounds that contain the amino (NH2) group and the carboxyl (COOH) group. Amino acids are the “building stones” of proteins.
Ammonia
A colorless alkaline gas, NH3, soluble in water.
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