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mx id: 1441 | OBO id: HAO:0000186 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000186
calyx synonyms: Eierkelch, calyx gland
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The broadened portion of the lateral oviduct is enlarged and contains virus particles (characterized by bluish autofluorescence).
written by: Eggs, B., S. Fischer, M. Csader, I. Mikó, A. Rack, and O. Betz. 2023. Terebra steering in chalcidoid wasps. Frontiers in Zoology 20:26.

Relationships / properties:
The calyx is a anatomical space.
The calyx is part of the female genitalia.

Label usage (sensu)
calyx by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..
Eierkelch by Curators, H. A. O. 2009. The Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology Curation Team. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
calyx by Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
Eierkelch by Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
calyx gland by Gitau, C.W., Dupas, S., Ngi-Song, A.J., Mbugi, J.P. and Schulthess, F., 2006, January. Calyx fluid proteins of two Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron)(Hymenoptera: Braconidae) biotypes in Kenya: implications to biological control of the stem borer Busseola fusca (Fuller)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). In Annales de la Société entomologique de France (Vol. 42, No. 3-4, pp. 433-441). Taylor & Francis Group.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added about 1 year ago by Istvan Miko
The anatomical space that is located anteriorly in the lateral oviduct and which receives the ovariole pedicels.
  Reference: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..
  Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Andy Deans
The widened anterior end of the lateral oviduct receiving the ovariole pedicels. (Eierkelch)
  Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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