Calypter Explained

A calypter is either of two posterior lobes of the posterior margin of the forewing of flies between the extreme posterior wing base and the alula, which covers the halteres.[1]

The lower calypter is the proximal calypter (synonyms: squama (of some authors), tegula) and the upper calypter is the distal calypter (synonym: squamula).[2]

Species of the subsection Acalyptratae are noted for lacking calypters.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: McAlpine, J. F. . Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Volume 1: Monograph: 27 / Agriculture Canada . 1981 . Canadian Government Publishing Centre . 978-0-660-10731-8 . Monograph . Ottawa.
  2. Book: Contributions to a manual of Palaearctic Diptera. 1: General and applied dipterology . 2000 . Science Herald . 978-963-04-8839-6 . Budapest.
  3. 2008-04-16 . Volume Contents 127 . Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata . 127 . 3 . 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.volcontents_1.x . 0013-8703.

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