Meanings
adjectivemetapostnotal (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to a metapostnotum
Certain bethylids groups posses a metapostnotal median carina ( pn3mc ; Figs 1A–1C, 2C and 2D ), which divides the metapostnotum into two larger areas, or an anteromedial elevation, but they do not correspond to an internal muscle insertion point.
2015 October 15, “Evolution of Metapostnotum in Flat Wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae): Implications for Homology Assessments in Chrysidoidea”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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