propleuron

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noun

The lateral sclerite of the anterior division of the thorax of an insect.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounpropleuron (plural propleura)

plural propleura

  1. The lateral sclerite of the anterior division of the thorax of an insect.
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    Body brown except: yellowish clypeus and inter-torular area; scapus and pedicellus yellow (17 th antennal article grey, 18 th -21 st articles white), propleuron and upper corner of mesopleuron, first metasomal tergite; mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum suffused with yellow; wing membrane slightly infuscate; pterostigma brown (but rather pale at base and apex), veins mostly brown, legs yellow, ovipositor sheath brown and apically whitish.

    2016 February 4, “Species Diversity in the Parasitoid Genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Native Area of the Fruit Fly Pest Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

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