scolopsn.
/ˈskɒləps/ Entomology.
The rod-like structure inside the sheath of a scolopidium.
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scolopale1912
scolops1935
1935 R. E. Snodgrass Princ. Insect Morphol. xviii. 526 The distinguishing feature of sensilla scolopophora is the presence of a well-differentiated, peg-shaped ‘sense rod’, or scolops, at the apex of each cell.
1964 R. M. Fox & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Entomol. vi. 193 The unit of the chordotonal organ is the scolopophore.., composed of an apical cap cell attached to the body wall and an envelope cell; in the central part of the cap cell is a terminal ligament which forms a functional extension of the sensory rod (scolops or scolopale) in the envelope cell.
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