emboliumn.
/ɛmˈbɒlɪəm/ Entomology.
The marginal part of the corium in some heteropterous insects.
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1865 J. W. Douglas & J. Scott Brit. Hemiptera I. 3 In the Corium are at least 2 principal longitudinal nerves, and sometimes 1 within the anterior margin separates a narrow portion, forming the Embolium.
1895 J. H. Comstock & A. B. Comstock Man. Study Insects 125 Classification of the Heteroptera... In certain other cases, a narrow piece on the costal margin of the corium is separated by a suture; this is the embolium.
1899 G. H. Carpenter Insects 187 The corium..in most families reaches to the costa, but in one is separated from that edge by a narrow embolium.
1959 T. R. E. Southwood & D. Leston Land & Water Bugs Brit. Isles 411 Embolium, used traditionally in the Cimicidae for the area between the costal margin and the anterior furrow; a bad term.
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