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Metanotum

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Met`a`no´tum
n.1.(Zool.) The dorsal portion of the metaphorax of insects.


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Scutum, scutellum and metanotum shiny, smooth, punctate, without sculpture among punctures.
Cerci shorter, at most 1/4 height of ep; prg shorter and spine-like, clearly broader basally 3 3 Metanotum dark brown; 1+4-5 dc, scutal setulae arranged in 8 irregular rows and numerous from anterior to posterior; post ia seta strong; tarsomere 5 of all legs brown, postabdomen Fig.
Diagnosis: Almost entirely yellow species with 2 pairs of long setulae on fr, only dark areas are small rectangular patch at anterior end of scutum just above occipital foramen and on metanotum.
 
 
 
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