Brachyceran

Quick meaning: Brachyceran is a noun meaning Any fly of the suborder Brachycera.

Meaning

Any fly of the suborder Brachycera.

Example Sentences

The fossil history of Chironominae and aquatic higher brachycerans is nearly unknown, and reported records in the literature need to be substantiated.

The investigations carried out by Bischoff on a considerable series of brachyceran heads led him to the conclusion that the mouth hooks of these Brachycera are the result of fusion of the maxillae with the mandibles.

Unlike the proboscides of Lower brachyceran lineages, which are continuous with the head capsule and tend to dangle (Matsuda 1965), the proboscides of most cyclorrhaphan species are suspended by a membranous region and divided into three functional parts: the basiproboscis (rostrum), medioproboscis (haustellum), and distiproboscis (labellum), each of which is defined by internal muscles but also shares muscles with the other regions (Graham-Smith 1930; Lall and Davies 1971).

Word Forms

• brachycerans

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brachycerid, brachypter, pachybrachine, brachinine, bruchid, borborid.

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