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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἧλος (hêlos, “nail”).
Noun
helus (plural heli)
- (entomology, rare) In scarabaeoid larvae, a coarse fixed spine located near the haptomerum.
2024, Larval morphology of a Palearctic Rutelini, Parastasia ferrieri (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), with discussions on their feeding habits, page 185:The larvae of P. ferrieri exhibit remarkable features, including four protuberances on labrum, no helus on epipharynx, two scissorial teeth on each mandible, five stridulatory teeth plus a blunt protuberance on each maxilla, and the obtuse claws on the thoracic legs.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology, 2005, page 423