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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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554Maggenti and Gardnermesopleural suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) The external groove <strong>of</strong>the mesopleural ridge, between the base <strong>of</strong> the wing to themidcoxal articulation.mesopleuron n.; pl. -ra [Gr. mesos, middle; pleuron, side](ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. The pleuron <strong>of</strong> the mesothorax; inwinged insects, composed <strong>of</strong> basalare, subalare, mesepisternum,mesepimeron and mesotrochantin. 2. In Diptera,the dorsal part <strong>of</strong> the mesepisternum; area in front <strong>of</strong> theroot <strong>of</strong> the wing between the noto- and sternopleural sutures.mesopleurosternal ridge (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, alarge, posteriorly curved invagination <strong>of</strong> the mesopleurosternalsuture.mesopleurosternal suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, theexternal groove between the meskatepisternum and themesobasisternum, or mesosternum when the mesobasisternumis not distinguishable; the pleurosternal suture.mesopleurum n. [Gr. mesos, middle; pleuron, side] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae, the mesepisternum.mesopostnotum n. [Gr. mesos, middle; L. post, after; Gr.notos, back] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The postnotum <strong>of</strong> themesothorax. see metapostnotum.mesopostscutellum n. [Gr. mesos, middle; L. post, after;scutellum, small shield] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The postscutellum<strong>of</strong> an insect's mesothorax.mesopraescutum n. [Gr. mesos, middle; L. prae, before;scutum, shield] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The praescutum <strong>of</strong> themesothorax. see prescutum.mesopsammic a. [Gr. mesos, middle; psammos, sand] Pertainingto organisms living interstitially in sand or a materialin the form <strong>of</strong> rounded grains; psammous. mesopsammonn. see sabulous.mesopseudogyne see pseudogynemesorhabdions n.pl. [Gr. mesos, middle; dim. rhabdos, rod](NEMATA) The walls <strong>of</strong> the mesostome. see rhabdion.mesoscutellum n. [Gr. mesos, middle; L. scutellum, little

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