pupariumn.
/pjuːˈpɛːrɪəm/, U.S. /pjuˈpɛriəm/ Entomology.
The hardened skin of the last larval stage, which encloses the pupa of certain insects, esp. higher dipterans (in which it forms a rigid barrel-shaped case). Also: such a pupa.
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1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. iii. 71 The envelope of cased-nymphs, which is formed of the skin of the larva..may be conveniently called the puparium.
1859 Harper's Mag. Dec. 50/1 They undergo their transformations in pupariums buried in the stalk at the root.
1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Sept. 665 The puparium is a dark brown or black, cylindrical segmented body.
1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xvii. 418 It passes the winter as puparia in the soil.
1976 Nature 8 July 136/2 In Drosophila, metamorphosis is initiated by the formation of a puparium with a rigid cuticle.
2001 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 70 1047/1 As superparasitism is potentially lethal, the larvae, when given the choice, always prefer to enter unparasitized host puparia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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