heterology

[Gr. heteros different, and logos proportion. The absence of relation, lack of analogy; the opposite to homology (q. v.). hět-er-om-er-a, s. pl. [Pref. hetero-, and Gr. mēros the upper part of the thigh.] Entom.: A section of Coleoptera (Beetles), having five articulations in the first four tarsi, and four in the other two. Mr. West wood divided them into the Trachelia, po e ing a distinct neck, and the At rachel i a, in which the head is inclosed in the thorax as far forward as the eyes. Latreille, who founded this section, divided it into the sub-sections Melasoma, Taxicornes, Sten elytra, and Trachelides (q. v.).