翅鞘
翅鞘（elytron），也作鞘翅，是某些昆虫（尤其是鞘翅目和半翅目昆虫）演化、变硬的前翅，因功能类似“翅膀”的“剑鞘”而得名。翅鞘主要的功能是保护用于飞行的后翅，通常会覆盖在后翅上面。[1]
註釋
- ^ Butterfield, N. J. Exceptional Fossil Preservation and the Cambrian Explosion. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 2003, 43 (1): 166–177. PMID 21680421. doi:10.1093/icb/43.1.166.
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