subtorma

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subtorma (noun; Latin sub, under; Greek tormos, socket): (Arthropoda: Insecta) In Coleoptera, the heavily sclerotized, transverse, curved process of certain Scarabaeoidea larvae, located near the proximal border of the hypopharynx.