What is "tegula"

Tegula \Teg"u*la\, n.; pl. Tegul[ae]. [L., a tile, dim. fr. tegere to cover.] (Zo["o]l.) A small appendage situated above the base of the wings of Hymenoptera and attached to the mesonotum.

n. (context entomology English) A small sclerite situated above the base of the costal vein in the wings of various insects, and attached to the anterolateral portion of the mesonotum.

'''Tegula ''' can mean:

• Teulada, Italy, called Tegula during Roman times
• Tegula (gastropod), a genus of marine snails
• Tegula (insect anatomy), a part of the wings attached to the mesothorax, in various insects
• Tegula (primate anatomy), claw-like nails found in New World monkeys
• Imbrex and tegula, interlocking roofing tiles used in ancient Greek and Roman architecture

A tegula is a small sclerite situated above the base of the costal vein in the wings of various insects such as Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Auchenorrhyncha, and attached to the antero-lateral portion of the mesonotum.

Tegula is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tegulidae.