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English
Etymology
From basi- + tibial.
Adjective
basitibial (not comparable)
- (zoology) At the base of the tibia.
- basitibial plate
2008 October 1, Kim Timmermann, Michael Kuhlmann, “Redefinition of the Southern African Bee Subgenera Patellapis (s. str.), P. (Chaetalictus) and P. (Lomatalictus) (hymenoptera: Halictidae, Genus Patellapis Friese, 1909)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 81, number 4, →DOI, page 356:Furthermore Patellapis (s. str.) is characterised by the broad, well defined and usually apically rounded basitibial plate of females, the weakly serrated to pectinated inner hind tibial spur of females, the fourth sternum of male with a transverse apical row of coarse bristles, and the helmet-like crest of penis valves.