Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Hemielytre
English translation:
hemielytron
Added to glossary by
Jennifer Hottarek
Feb 12, 2004 10:13
20 yrs ago
German term
Hemielytre
German to English
Science
Zoology
anatomy
Histologie und Morphologie:
- die Vorderflügel sind zu sog. Hemielytren umgestaltet, die Hinterflügel sind häutig! Die Hemielytre besteht aus einem körpernahen, sklerotisiertem Teil (Corium) und einem körperferneren, membranösen Teil. Am Corium befindet sich ein frei gelenkiges Analfeld, das Clavus (Nagel) genannt wird.
- Rückenschilde:
* Pronotum (Halsschild) befindet sich am Prothorax
* Scutellum (Schildchen) folgt auf das Pronotum am Mesothorax und ist meist sehr klein und dreieckig
refers to an attribute of an insect's front wings
- die Vorderflügel sind zu sog. Hemielytren umgestaltet, die Hinterflügel sind häutig! Die Hemielytre besteht aus einem körpernahen, sklerotisiertem Teil (Corium) und einem körperferneren, membranösen Teil. Am Corium befindet sich ein frei gelenkiges Analfeld, das Clavus (Nagel) genannt wird.
- Rückenschilde:
* Pronotum (Halsschild) befindet sich am Prothorax
* Scutellum (Schildchen) folgt auf das Pronotum am Mesothorax und ist meist sehr klein und dreieckig
refers to an attribute of an insect's front wings
Proposed translations
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5 | hemielytron, hemielytra | John Speese |
4 +3 | hemielytron | Julia Fuchs (X) |
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hemielytron, hemielytra
Hemielytron is singular, hemielytra is plural. This is a description of the wings of the only insects that you can correctly call "bugs," the true bugs, order Hemiptera. The order name Hemiptera also refers to the structure we're discussing, it is greek for half-wing, i.e. the anterior half or corium is hard (sclerotized) or leathery, the posterior half is membranous. The hindwings are the major flight power and are entirely membranous. True "elytra" are, incidentally, completely leathery or hard and are the modified forewings or wing covers, if you will, characteristic of the order Coleoptera, the beetles. I am an entomologist, and this information can be found in any decent entomology textbook or website, see the reference below for a definition of the clavus. The remaining terms (pronotum, scutellum, etc.) are also used in their Latin forms in English exactly as they are in German, and you can just translate literally the German names in parentheses into English and be right on the mark, as they are just descriptive or explanatory and are not used by scientists. Because wing structure is a very noticeable, distinguishing characteristic of many insects, most insect orders and many other taxa are classified on their wing structure (or absence thereof); the Greek ending -ptera (wing) is attached to most insect order names.
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hemielytron
pl.: hemielytra
source: E. Launert: Biologisches Wörterbuch. Verlag Ulmer.
For explanation see source below.
HTH
source: E. Launert: Biologisches Wörterbuch. Verlag Ulmer.
For explanation see source below.
HTH
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Michael Pauls
: also: hemelytron
4 mins
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agree |
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 hr
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agree |
Eckhard Boehle
3 hrs
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