valvan.
/ˈvalvə/ Entomology.
= valve n.1 3a, 3b.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > sting of bee > outer appendage of
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1802 W. Kirby Monogr. Apum Angliæ I. 110 Valvæ. These have been frequently noticed. Swammerdam calls them appendages of the sting.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 390 Valvæ (the Valves), two lateral laminae, often coriaceous, by which the ovipositor when unemployed is covered.
1924 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. XVII. 276 The term valvæ or valves was used to denote the two lateral outer appendages.
1975 Entomologist's Gaz. XXVI. 198 There is in my material a further specimen..showing some variation in the valva.
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