hypopleurite

plural hypopleurites

1. rarebiologyThe lower plate of a divided pleuron.

   The pleural region is composed of the hypopleurite and the epipleurite, the latter above the former.

   1881, Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921, American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 14

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   The only external distinction from Pyrtaula which I have been able to discover is the absence of minute hairs on the hypopleurite, but it is doubtful if even this is constant.

   1929, F W Edwards, Notes on the Ceroplatinae, with descriptions of new Australian species (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), page n7

   Pleura yellowish, posterior margin of pleurotergite and hypopleurite brown, the hypopleurite with posterior setae.

   1955 September 30, The Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1955-09-30: Vol 106 Part 10, page 397