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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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562Maggenti and Gardnersee mesopostnotum.metapostscutellum see postscutellummetapraescutum, metaprescutum n. [Gr. meta, after; L.prae, before; scutum, shield] The prescutum <strong>of</strong> themetathorax.metapygidium n. [Gr. meta, after; pyge, rump] (ARTHRO: Insecta)1. In Dermaptera, the posterior ventral segment <strong>of</strong>the supra-anal plate. 2. In Coleoptera, the penultimate tergitewhen the elytra are shorter than the abdomen.metarhabdions n.pl. [Gr. meta, after; rhabdos, rod] (NEMATA)The cuticularized walls <strong>of</strong> the metastome. see rhabdion.metascolex n. [Gr. meta, after; scolex, worm] (PLATY:Cestoda) The posterior portion <strong>of</strong> a transversely dividedscolex.metascutellum n. [Gr. meta, after; L. scutellum, dim. scutum,shield] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The scutellum <strong>of</strong> the metathorax.metasoma n. [Gr. meta, after; soma, body] 1. The posteriorregion <strong>of</strong> many invertebrates. 2. (ACANTHO) The posteriorpart <strong>of</strong> the body or trunk. 3. (ARTHRO) The abdomen orurosome. 4. (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Arachnida, the abdominalbody segments and telson; posterior part <strong>of</strong> opisthosoma.5. (ARTHRO: Crustacea) see metasome. 6.(PHORON) The long gonadal region following themesosoma, and bearing external papillae and chitinous attachmentstructures. see opisthosoma.metasome n. [Gr. meta, after; soma, body] (ARTHRO: Crustacea)In Copepoda, a portion <strong>of</strong> the prosome, consisting <strong>of</strong>free thoracic somites anterior to the major point <strong>of</strong> bodyflexion; or first three abdominal somites; metasoma.metastasis n.; pl. -ses [Gr. meta, after; stasis, standing] Thetransfer <strong>of</strong> pathogenic microorganisms to parts <strong>of</strong> the bodyremote from the origin <strong>of</strong> infection.metasternal glands (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Formicidae, pairedorgans in the posterior area <strong>of</strong> the thorax, opening to theoutside near the pleural-sternal margins <strong>of</strong> the metathorax.metasternal orifice (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Formicidae, theopening <strong>of</strong> the metasternal gland.

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