gonostylus

English

Etymology

From gono- +‎ stylus.

Noun

gonostylus (plural gonostyli)

1. (entomology) The stylus of the gonocoxopodite.
   • 2015 December 11, “Genes Suggest Ancestral Colour Polymorphisms Are Shared across Morphologically Cryptic Species in Arctic Bumblebees”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Previous taxonomic revisions (including global revisions and broader regional faunal revisions with global referencing) of Alpinobombus by some of the most experienced bumblebee specialists have relied on both morphology (especially the more variable characters of the male penis valve, volsella and gonostylus, and of the female oculo-malar area and hind tibia) and on the colour patterns of the hair and have all differed in their conclusions on the number of species present (Table 1).