unpunctate

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ punctate.

Adjective

unpunctate (not comparable)

  1. Not punctate.
    • 1938, Records of the Indian Museum, page 290:
      Disc of mesonotum unpunctate.
    • 1940, Studies on the Fauna of Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands, page 16:
      Interspaces reticulate but unpunctate.
    • 1979, Fauna of Arabia, page 313:
      Metasternum shiny, finely sparsely punctate at extreme sides, punctures bearing long fine setae, smooth at middle with shallow midline furrow only extending for anterior half, bifid posteriorly to enclose an oval flat unpunctate area;
    • 1989, Oriental Insects, page 303:
      Mandibles mat, finely weakly punctate except medially at base unpunctate.

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