Nemoricolous: living in open, sunny woods.
Neogeic: belonging to the Western Hemisphere or New World: see gerontogeic.
Neolepidoptera: all haustellate Lepidoptera, except the generalized Micropterygidae; mandibles not functionally present; pupa incomplete or obtect: see paleolepidoptera and protolepidoptera.
Neoteinic: applied to complemental females in Termites because, though reproductive, they retain some juvenile characters.
Neotropical: that part of the earth's surface embraced in the greater part of Mexico, West Indies and South America.
Neotype: a specimen identified with a species already described, and selected as a standard of reference where the original type or co-types are lost or destroyed.
Nephridia: tubular structures functioning as kidneys in Annelids, Mollusks, etc. and incorrectly used as = malpighian tubules; q.v.
Nepionic: that stage of development immediately succeeding the embryonic; proposed as a substitute for larval.
Nerinaeum: a ventral thoracic sclerite between the metasternum and posterior coxa in some Coleoptera.
Nerve: a thread-like structure, composed of delicate filaments whose function it is to transmit sensations or stimuli to or from a ganglion or from or to any part of the body or its appendages.