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English
Adjective
scissorial (not comparable)
- (entomology) Relating to the cutting areas on the mandibles of Scarabaeoidea larvae (between the dentes and molar area).
1994, Giovanni Onore, Description of the immature stages of six species of Sphaenognathus, with comparative notes on phylogeny and natural history (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lucanidae), page 80: with small dorsomolar setae on base of molar area, one large caudolateral seta at scissorial notch and one large lateral seta on molar area
2007, African Entomology, page 204:Each mandible has two scissorial teeth and a proximal tooth, the mola.
2018, S. A. Shabalin, Description of the larva of Acanthobodilus languidulus (Schmidt, 1916) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), page 4:Left mandible slightly longer than right one, its scissorial part wider.
References
- ^ Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology, 2005, page 807