metaventrite

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noun

A ventral plate of the thorax lying behind and between the mesocoxal cavities.

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Meanings

nounmetaventrite (plural metaventrites)

plural metaventrites

  1. biologyA ventral plate of the thorax lying behind and between the mesocoxal cavities.

    The anterior pronotal angles are produced forward, the metaventrite is very short and the hind wings are absent.

    2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys
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    Mesocoxal cavities usually subcircular, narrowly to moderately widely separated, usually open laterally but occasionally closed by confluent meso- and metaventrites.

    2014, Richard A.B. Leschen, Morphology and Systematics: Phytophaga, page 203

Origin

From meta- + ventrite.

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