vasiform


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vasiform

(ˈveɪzɪˌfɔːm)
adj
(Anatomy) anatomy in the form of a vessel or duct
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Adj.1.vasiform - constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
hollow - not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"
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bimaculata can be differentiated by the absence and presence of meconial pellets near the vasiform orifice of the whitefly, respectively.
Thorax: Pronotum: Medially testaceous in a vasiform shape, expanding caudally; collar and disc with sublateral pair of red stripes; lateral aspect testaceous-brown.
8; flagellomeres 1-8 pale brown, slightly longer than broad, vasiform, flagellomeres 9-13 brown except apices pale; flagellomere 8 slightly shorter than flagellomere 9 (Fig.
In later stages, one can clearly see a complex, vasiform pattern of growth.
Cephalic setae 360 pm and first abdominal setae 340 [micro]m long; submargin with 3 pairs of rounded pores; abdominal segments I-IV with small median tubercles; vasiform orifice circular tripori (Dubey & Sundararaj) --.
However, puparia of Icfrealeyrodes species have the submarginal furrow converging inwards and intersecting the area posterior to vasiform orifice, and caudal furrow absent.