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Prescutum

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Pre`scu´tum
n.1.(Zool.) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous.
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Mesothorax: prescutum (prsc) 185-207 [micro]m wide and 100-112 [micro]m long, probably rather convex in life; with slight indications of nodulations; without prescutal setae; prescutal ridge (pscr) and prescutal sclerite (pscs) well developed.
Phalacrococcus howertoni, a new genus and species of soft scale ... by Hodges, Gregory S.; Hodgson, Christopher J. / Florida Entomologist
 
 
 
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