stylops

English
a. male with wings behind the halteres.
b, female (removed from host).
c., shows the female, in outline, within the body of a bee;
d, e, male and female planidium

Noun

stylops (plural stylops or stylopses)

  1. any insect in the order Strepsiptera, when the word is not capitalised. The capitalised word is the proper name of the genus Stylops.
    The Royal Entomological Society adopted a figure of a male stylops as the emblem for its official seal, now also its logo.
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