mesopleuron en · NOUN
Etymology
From meso- + pleuron.
Meanings
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The lateral surface of the mesothorax
In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).
2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mesopleura | Number=Plur | lexicographic |