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Latin diminutive noun orbiculus, meaning 'a small disk'.[4] As a noun in apposition, the suffix does not alter to reflect the gender of the genus.
Description
"Antennae placed at the extreme top of the head, ending in a long thin arista. Venation very much reduced. Proboscis absent, or very short and stumpy" [5]
^Lewis, C. T.; Short, C. (1879).
"orbĭcŭlus". A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary (Revised, enlarged ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 1909.
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