Tomentation
As Tomentierung the coverage is Chitinoberfläche an insect referred to with short hair-like outgrowths. Insects can be found in different parts of their body, e.g. B. on certain leg links, on the ventral side or on the wing covers ( elytra ) of the beetles . The tomentation gives the body surface a velvety sheen and can form colored spots, which can be of importance as a drawing for the determination of the species.
The tomentation is not to be confused with a real hair or bristle, which consists of much longer, thread-like chitin outgrowths of the insects. Scaling, such as on the wing covers of many weevils , is also not referred to as tomentation.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Benisch: The beetle fauna of Germany ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 724 kB) Brief instructions for "Searching for appearance", Chapter 3.4 - Special features of the wing covers, p. 8
