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metathorax
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met·a·tho·rax  (mt-thôrks, -thr-)
n. pl. met·a·tho·rax·es or met·a·tho·ra·ces (-thôr-sz, -thr-)
The hindmost of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.
meta·tho·racic (-thô-rsk, -th-) adj.
metathorax [ˌmɛtəˈθɔːræks]
n pl -raxes, -races [-rəˌsiːz]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the third and last segment of an insect's thorax, which bears the third pair of walking legs and the second pair of wings See also prothorax, mesothorax
metathoracic  [ˌmɛtəθɔːˈræsɪk] adj
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Metapleuron with long scattered setae distributed regularly, delimited from propodeum by an irregular lamella.
A new species of Dacnusini from Montecristo Island, with description ... by Tormos, Josep; Pardo, Xavier; Asis, Josep Daniel; Gayubo, Severiano F.; De La Nuez, Antonio / Florida Entomologist
9 times its width; pronotum with a median pit; sternaulus smooth, weak, short; metapleuron setose towards the posterior coxae; notauli weakly impressed; mesoscutum with dorsal pit, largely smooth, shiny, setose, with setae longer in its middle-posterior part, covering all its surface; scutellar sulcus simple; surface of propodeum wrinkled and finely setose.
Dacnusa cicerina (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae), a new species ... by Tormos, Josep; Pardo, Xavier; Asis, Josep Daniel; Gayubo, Severiano F. / Florida Entomologist
major Lin) by several morphological features such as the shape of the scutellar disc and female antenna, absence of setae on the eyes, and lack of the median depression in the metapleuron (Wharton et al.
Aganaspis alujai (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), a new species ... by Ovruski, Sergio M.; Wharton, Robert A.; Rull, Juan; Guillen, Larissa / Florida Entomologist
 
 
 
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