plectrum
zoology
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heteropteran sound production
- In heteropteran: Sound production and reception
…of a series (called a plectrum) of minute pegs, setigerous tubercles, or an upturned edge of a sclerite (hard body plate). The plectrum may be on the movable body member or on the fixed body part. One or both sexes, and sometimes even the nymphs, of a species may stridulate.…
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