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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(entomology) The third segment of the antenna of a fly, distal to the pedicel..
...at least the multisegmented arista is beyond the pedicel in addition to the large antennomere, and postpedicel is thus ambiguous and lacking in precision.
Antenna black, scape brown, pedicel and extreme base of postpedicel brownish-yellow, length of antennal segments = 13: 10: 40: 17, setae on basal two segments nearly 0.12 mm long.
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Postpedicel means (entomology) The third segment of the antenna of a fly, distal to the pedicel..
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...at least the multisegmented arista is beyond the pedicel in addition to the large antennomere, and postpedicel is thus ambiguous and lacking in precision.
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