Parapleura: the sternal side pieces in beetles.
Parapodia: the pro- or false legs: more specifically applied to the jointed abdominal processes of the Symphyla.
Parapsidae: the small sclerites on each side of the scutellum in Chalcids, marked by the parapsidal grooves.
Parapsidal furrows: longitudinal grooves on each side of the mesoscutum of Proctytrypidae separating the parapsides from the middle lobe.
Parapsidal grooves: the grooves or furrows on each side of the Chalcid scutellum, defining the parapsidae.
Parapsides: lateral pieces of the meso-scutum, separated from the mesal portion by the parapsidal furrows.
Parapteron -era: small sclerites, articulated to the dorsal extremity of the episternum, just below the wings; absent on prothorax = the tegulae of Hymenoptera, and patagia of Lepidoptera: have been homologized with the elytra of Coleoptera.
Parasita: = parasitica: q.v.
Parasite: a species that lives in or on another animal or insect, and depends upon the tissue of the host for its food supply.
Parasitic: living on or in some other animal or insect in such a way as to derive all nourishment from the tissues of the host.