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In general, the best biological indicators are those with good preservation potential, for example, siliceous, chitinized, or (under neutral to alkaline pH conditions) carbonaceous body parts.

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These are rather strongly chitinized above and below, but a narrow strip along the side is unchitinized.

Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane

Paranal lobes: = podical plates; q.v. Paraphysis: the chitinized thickenings or lateral ingrowths, usually situated at the base of the lobes in certain Diaspid genera.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Articulatory epideme: the partly chitinized membrane by which the wings are attached to the thorax.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Clasper: a chitinized process, free or attached to the inner sides of harpes, valves or other lateral pieces, serving to hold the female parts during copulation: = the harpers of some authors.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

In the latter case the larva crawls about the bottom of the water or up the stems of plants, with its thickly-chitinized head and legs protruding from the larger orifice, while it maintains a secure hold of the silk lining of the tube by means of a pair of strong hooks at the posterior end of its soft defenceless abdomen.

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Soldier has brownish-black to reddish-brown pointed head the body is weakly chitinized with light brown abdomen

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They also point to the role of the chitinized SC in the desiccation resistance of Ae. aegypti eggs.

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