CALYPTER
alula, calypter
(noun) scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
calypter (plural calypters)
(biology, entomology) Either of two posterior wing lobes that appear in dipteran flies of the subsection Calyptrata, and that cover the halteres.
Source: Wiktionary
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