Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

550Maggenti and Gardnermesepimeron n.; pl. -mera [Gr. mesos, middle; epi, on;meros, part] (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. The area of the mesopleuronposterior to the mesopleural suture; the epimeronof the mesothorax. 2. In Odonata, the area between thehumeral and first lateral suture.mesepisternum n.; pl. -sterna [Gr. meros, middle; epi, on;sternum, chest] (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. The area of themesopleuron anterior to the mesopleural suture; sometimesdivided into an upper mesanepisternum and a lowermeskatepisternum; the episternum of the mesothorax. 2.In Diptera, horizontally divided into a large mesanepimeronbut with a minute meskatepimeron below. 3. In HymenopteraIchneumonidae, usually termed mesopleurum.mesiad see mesadmesial see mesalmesial sclerite see labellar mesial scleritemesic a. [Gr. mesos, middle] Climate characterized by a moderateamount of water.mesinfraepisternum n. [Gr. mesos, middle; L. infra, below;Gr. epi, on; sternon, chest] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A ventralsubdivision of the mesepisternum.meskatepimeron n. [Gr. mesos, middle; kata, inferior; epi,on; meros, part] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The lower division ofthe mesepimeron.meskatepisternum n. [Gr. mesos, middle; kata, inferior; epi,on; sternon, chest] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, the lowerarea of the mesepisternum.mesobasisternum n. [Gr. mesos, middle; basis, bottom; sternon,chest] (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. The basisternum of themesothorax. 2. In Diptera, maybe separated from themesofurcasternum by a secondary line of inflection. seefurcasternum.mesobiota n. [Gr. mesos, middle; bios, life] Organisms in thesoil ranging in size from nematodes to microannelids, microarthropodsand mites; mesofauna.mesoblast n. [Gr. mesos, middle; blastos, bud] Embryonicmesoderm; the middle germ layer. mesoblastic a.