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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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718Maggenti and Gardnerpostmarginal vein (ARTHRO: Insecta) The fore wing vein alongthe anterior margin, beyond where the stigmal vein arises.postmentum n. [L. post, after; mentum, chin] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A primary division <strong>of</strong> the labium; the basal portion,proximad <strong>of</strong> the labial suture.post-mortem After death; post-mortem changes.postnodal cross veins (ARTHRO: Insecta) A series <strong>of</strong> shortwing cross veins behind the costal margin, between thenodus and stigma.postnotal plate see metapostnotum, mesopostnotumpostnotum n.; pl. -ta [L. post, after; Gr. notum, back] (AR-THRO: Insecta) The phragma-bearing plate in the dorsum <strong>of</strong>a pterothoracic segment, originating from the acrotergite <strong>of</strong>the following notum. see mesopostnotum, metapostnotum.postoccipital ridge (ARTHRO: Insecta) The internal aspect <strong>of</strong>the postoccipital suture.postoccipital suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) The transverse sutureon the head immediately posterior to the occipital suture,and ending at the posterior tentorial pit on either side andalong which are inserted the dorsal prothoracic musclesthat move the head.postocciput n. [L. post, after; occiput, back <strong>of</strong> head] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The extreme narrow posterior rim <strong>of</strong> the head,between the postoccipital suture and the foramen magnum.postocellar area (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, that parton the dorsal aspect <strong>of</strong> the head bounded by the ocellarand vertical furrows and the caudal margin <strong>of</strong> the head.postocellar bristles see postvertical bristlespostocellar glands (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, amass <strong>of</strong> glands situated above the ocelli in the drone andqueen bees; detached lobes <strong>of</strong> the cephalic salivary glands.postoral a. [L. post, after; os, mouth] Behind the mouth.postorbital bristles (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, a row <strong>of</strong>bristles behind and nearly parallel to the posterior <strong>of</strong> theeye.

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