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mx id: 469 | OBO id: HAO:0000397 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000397

head

Definition:

The tagma that is located anterior to the thorax.

written by: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

Relationships / properties:

The head is a tagma.

The head is part of the body.

Pimpla aequalis

Macroxyela ferruginea Say, 1824

head by Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.

head by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

head by Kirby, W., and W. Spencer. 1828. An introduction to Entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, London 732 pp.

BAO candidate added almost 14 years ago by Aaron Smith

Reference: None provided.
Cross reference: None provided.

BAO candidate added almost 14 years ago by Aaron Smith

Reference: None provided.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added about 15 years ago by Istvan Miko

The first or anteriormost of the three main body regions of an insect, which bears the mouthparts and major sense organs.

Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
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