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  • noun Plural form of parapterum.

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  • Patagium - ia: in Lepidoptera, those sclerites that cover the base of primaries: often used as synonymous with tegula and squamula, q.v.: assigned by some writers to the pro -, by others to the meso-thorax: homologized with the paraptera of meso-thorax.

    Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

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