The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pseudohalteres — n. pl. [Gr. pseudos, false; halter, balancer] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Strepsiptera (stylopids), the anterior wings represented by small club like processes that function like the halteres of Diptera … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Scale insect — Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous–recent … Wikipedia
Pseudohalter — Pseu do*hal ter, n.; pl. {Pseudohalteres}. [NL. See {Pseudo }, and {Halteres}.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects ({Stylops}). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
