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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”) + -merous.
Adjective
oedymerous (not comparable)
- (entomology) Of certain Thysanoptera, having strongly thickened forelegs.
- Coordinate term: gynaecoid
1933 December, J. Douglas Hood, “New Thysanoptera from Panamá”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume 41, number 4, page 427:Female, forma brachyptera.—Much like preceding form in color and general structure, but usually distinctly œdymerous and male-like in appearance; eyes reduced in size, ocelli nearly or quite wanting, genal tooth usually more prominent; sense-cones shorter; pronotum usually fully 1.5 times as long as head.
2015 June 30, Halina Kucharczyk, Łukasz Wyrozumski, “Hoplothrips carpathicus Pelikán, 1961 (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) – a new thrips species in the Polish fauna”, in Polish Journal of Entomology, volume 84, →DOI, pages 73-74:Macropterous, brachypterous and apterous forms of females and males are known in their populations. Two forms – oedymerous and gynaecoid – occur in males: they are characterized by the allometry of some body parts.