preabdomen

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ abdomen

Noun

preabdomen (plural preabdomens or preabdomina)

  1. The enlarged anterior portion of the abdomen of a scorpion or sea scorpion
  2. (entomology) The anterior segments of the abdomen, distinguished from the posterior segments holding the reproductive apparatus.
    • 2013, Verner Michelsen, “Proposal of Karliella gen. n. for the Afrotropical ‘Pegomya’ sexpunctata Karl, 1935 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a possible kleptoparasite of dung-breeding beetles”, in African Invertebrates, volume 54, number 2, →DOI, pages 335–347:
      The anthomyiid oviscapt (postabdomen) is as regards the ground plan undoubtedly slender, well set off from and hardly shorter than the preabdomen, and has slender cerci with projecting, cylindrical apices.
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