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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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250Maggenti and Gardnercoxal plate Plate-like expansions or dilatations <strong>of</strong> the coxa.coxal process (ARTHRO: Insecta) A structure <strong>of</strong> the pleuron,with which the coxa articulates at the ventral extremity <strong>of</strong>the pleural suture.coxal sacs (ARTHRO: Diplopoda) Eversible thin-walled sacs inthe coxae <strong>of</strong> the legs.coxal stridulatory organ (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hemiptera,longitudinal striations <strong>of</strong> the coxal base and the cephalicmargin <strong>of</strong> the lateral plate <strong>of</strong> the coxal cavity.coxal stylets (ARTHRO: Insecta) The coxal epipodites.coxal vesicle (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Collembola, the basal part<strong>of</strong> the ventral tube, believed to represent the fused coxae<strong>of</strong> the segmental appendages and the vesicles.coxa rotatoria (ARTHRO: Insecta) A coxa with a monocondylicjoint; having a single condyle.coxa scrobiculata (ARTHRO) A coxa with a dicondylic joint;having two points <strong>of</strong> articulation.coxa vera (ARTHRO: Insecta) The anterior portion <strong>of</strong> the mesoandmetathoracic coxae; the coxa genuina.coxepipod(ite) see coxal exitecoxifer n. [L. coxa, hip; ferre, to bear] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Thepleural pivot <strong>of</strong> the coxa.coxite n. [L. dim. coxa, hip] 1. The basal segment <strong>of</strong> certainabdominal appendages. 2. (ARTHRO: Crustacea) see protopod(ite).3. (ARTHRO: Insecta) In male Thysanura bearing adistal stylus.coxocerite n. [L. coxa, hip; Gr. keras, horn] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The proximal or basal segment <strong>of</strong> an antenna.coxomarginale see basicoxitecoxomeres n.pl. [L. coxa, hip; meros, part] (ARTHRO: Diplopoda)The three segments <strong>of</strong> the mandible.coxopleure see episternumcoxopleurite n. [L. coxa, hip; Gr. pleura, side] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A sclerite <strong>of</strong> the thoracic pleuron, that articulateswith the dorsal margin <strong>of</strong> the coxa; in lower pteryotic ordersforms the trochantin and a ventral articulation with

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