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[Image] Antéscutellaire : Placé devant l'écusson (ou scutellum, en rouge) - Afficheur du glossaire Le Monde des insectes
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Coleoptera.org. « A Glossary of Entomological Terms »

"Hematophagous. Feeding or subsisting on blood. 

Hemi-elytron (plural hemi-elytra). The forewing of a heteropteran bug, differing from the beetle elytron in having the distal portion membranous.
Hemimetabola. Insects with simple metamorphosis, with no pupal stage.
Hemimetabolous. Having an incomplete metamorphosis, with no pupal stage in the life history.
Hermaphroditic. Containing the sex organs of both sexes in one individual.
Heteromerous. (of beetles) Having unequal numbers of tarsal segments on the three pairs of legs.
Hibernation. Dormancy during the winter.
Hindgut. The posterior part of the alimentary canal between the midgut and anus.
Histosiphon. Same as stylostome.The tube formed by the host as a result of the feeding of a chigger secreting salivary fluids, the chigger partially digests skin tissues, which induces the host to form a proteinaceous tube walling off the injury.
Holometabola. The higher insects which have complex metamorphosis.
Homologous. Organs or parts which exhibit similarity in structure, in position with reference to other parts, and in mode of development, but not necessarily similarity of function, are said to be homologous.
Holometabola. The higher insects which have complex metamorphosis.
Holometabolous. Having a complete metamorphosis, with larval and pupal stages in the life history.
Holoptic. With the eyes touching or almost touching on the top of the head: used mainly when describing flies (Diptera).
Holotype. The type specimen of a species is the actual insect from which the original description of that species was produced. If several specimens were used for this purpose, one of them should have been designated as the type. Because the type can be of only one sex, it is usual to designate a certain individual of the opposite sex as the allotype. The original type specimen is then called the holotype. These ‘type specimens' are very important in taxonomy and classification.
Homonym. A scientific name which has been given to two different species. When such an instance comes to light one of the species must be given another name.
Hormone. A chemical substance formed in some organ of the body, secreted directly into the blood, and carried to another organ or tissue where it produces a specific effect.
Honeydew. The sweet liquid emitted from the anus of aphids and some other sap sucking bugs.
Host. The organism in or on which a parasite lives; the plant on which an insect or other arthropod feeds.
Humeral Angle. The front basal part of the wing, close to its attachment to the body.
Humeral Vein. A small cross-vein running from the costa to the sub-costa in the humeral (basal) region of the wing.
Hyaline. Clear and colourless, like the wings of most dragonflies.
Hygrophilus. Moisture loving.
Hypermetamorphosis. A type of life history in which the larvae adopts 2 or more distinct forms during its development.
Hyperparasite. A parasitic organism which attacks another ..."

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