bra·chyp·ter·ous

(bră-kĭp′tər-əs)

adj.

Having short or rudimentary wings, as certain insects.

[From Greek brakhupteros : brakhu-, brachy- + pteron, wing; see -pter.]

bra·chyp′ter·ism (-tə-rĭz′əm) n.

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brachypterous

(bræˈkɪptərəs)

adj

(Zoology) having very short or incompletely developed wings: brachypterous insects.

braˈchypterism n

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bra•chyp•ter•ous

(brəˈkɪp tər əs)

adj.

having short wings.

[1835–45]

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Adj.

brachypterous - (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings

short-winged

winged - having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury";

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Females of Eudarcia (8 species) are brachypterous, with degenerate forewings and more or less reduced hindwings (Bidzilya et al.

The Meessiidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) of Korea

We also classified all carabid beetles as either macropterous (with fully developed hindwings), brachypterous (with very short or rudimentary hindwings), or apterous (with no hindwings) based on Jelaska and Durbesic [45].

Assemblage Characteristics and Habitat Specificity of Carabid Beetles in a Japanese Alpine-Subalpine Zone

The brachypterous females of Euthysanius species clearly have six ventrites, with the basal ventrite forming a complete sclerite across the abdomen.

Una nueva especie de Dodecacius Schwarz (Coleoptera: Elateridae) de Madre de Dios, Peru

Kawakami Y (1999) Geographic variation of the brachypterous grasshopper Parapodisma setouchiensis group in Western Honshu, with its taxonomic revision.

Phylogenetic relationship of Japanese Podismini species (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) inferred from a partial sequence of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene

The fly is a curious-looking, brachypterous species (Fig.

Newly discovered populations of the "terrible hairy fly", Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen (Diptera: Mormotomyiidae) in Kenya, with further observations on natural history

It was hypothesized that macropterous individuals exhibit higher mobility and dispersal range than brachypterous individuals.

Contrasting patterns of macroptery in Roesel's bush cricket Metrioptera roeselii (Orthoptera, Ensifera)

Both macropterous (long-winged) and brachypterous (short-winged) forms were recorded.

Review of the Genus Hieroglyphus Krauss 1877 (Hemiacridinae: Acrididae: Orthoptera) with Description of One New Species From Pakistan

Brachypterous form: Thorax: Pronotum wider than long; anterolateral margins nearly parallel sided; disk longitudinally depressed through the middle with weak carina which ends before the posterior margin.

A second species of the genus Nisoscolopocerus Barber 1928, from North America (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Coreini)

A new brachypterous mesepipsocus (psocodea: 'psocoptera': epipsocidae) from Bolivia.

Un nuevo mesepipsocus braquiptero (psocodea: 'psocoptera': epipsocidae) de Bolivia