A SHORT GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Anterior: front end of beetles
Adelgids: woolly aphids
Aphids: greenfly or blackfly
Coccids: scale insects
Coxa: part of leg connected to thorax
Dorsal: upper surface (see ventral)
Elytra: plural of elytron
Elytron: hardened forewing
Femur: leg segment above knee (= ‘thigh’)
Femora: plural of femur
Melanic: dark coloured form
Pronotum: plate-like structure on thorax
Scutellum: a shield-like at front of wing cases
Ventral: lower surface (see dorsal)