mesopleuron

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noun

The lateral surface of the mesothorax

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Meanings

nounmesopleuron (plural mesopleura)

plural mesopleura

  1. The lateral surface of the mesothorax

    In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).

    2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531

Origin

From meso- + pleuron.

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APA

mesopleuron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesopleuron

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“mesopleuron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesopleuron. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mesopleuron,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesopleuron.

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