English

Female of a fruit fly species, showing the unusually large oviscape protruding from the end of the abdomen

Noun

oviscape ‎(plural oviscapes)

1. (entomology) The basal part of the ovipositor of some species of insects, typically the non-retractile sheath that remains exposed when the ovipositor is withdrawn and not in action.^[1]
2. (entomology) The oviscapte or ovipositor.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Pjotr Oosterbroek (1998) The Families of Diptera of the Malay Archipelago, BRILL, ISBN 90-04-11053-4, pages 121–
2. ↑ Gordh, G and Headrick, D (2011) A Dictionary of Entomology, CABI, ISBN 978-1-84593-542-9, pages 991–