basoflagellomere

English

Etymology

From baso- +‎ flagellomere.

Noun

basoflagellomere (plural basoflagellomeres)

1. A basal flagellomere.
   • 1990, F. Christian Thompson, “Two immigrant synanthropic flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to North America”, in Entomological News, volume 101, number 2, page 69:

     Face silvery white pollinose; antenna extensively dark, from all black in most males to basoflagellomere more than 2/3r dark brown in females and some males; […]

   • 2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     For instance, the basoflagellomere varies from being yellow to being blackish; the pile on T3 may or may be all black or black with orange pile anteriorly.