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mx id: 495 | OBO id: HAO:0000541 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000541

mesepisternum synonyms: episternum mesothoracale, mesepisternite, meso-epimeron, mesothoracic episternum

Definition:

The episternum that is located on the mesopleuron.

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

Relationships / properties:

The mesepisternum is a episternum.

The mesepisternum is part of the cuticle. The mesepisternum is part of the mesopleuron. The mesepisternum is part of the pleuron.

Macroxyela ferruginea Say, 1824

Cecidostiba semifascia

mesepisternum by Goulet, H., and J. T. Huber. 1993. Hymenoptera of the World: An Identification Guide to Families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E., Ottawa, ON 668 pp.

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

mesepisternite by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.

mesothoracic episternum by Snodgrass, R. E. 1942. The skeleto-muscular mechanisms of the honey bee. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 103:1-120.

mesepisternum by Snodgrass, R. 1910. The thorax of the Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39:37-91.

meso-epimeron by Marlatt, C. L. 1896. Revision of the Nematinae of North America, a subfamily of leaf-feeding Hymenoptera of the family Tenthredinidae. Government Printing Office, Washington 135 pp.

episternum mesothoracale by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.

alternative definition added about 15 years ago by Istvan Miko

Anteroventral portion of the mesopleuron, which is differentiated from the mesepimeron by the mesopleural suture.

Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 15 years ago by Andy Deans

The anterior subdivision of the mesopleuron, usually comprising most of the mesopleuron.

Reference: Goulet, H., and J. T. Huber. 1993. Hymenoptera of the World: An Identification Guide to Families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E., Ottawa, ON 668 pp.
Cross reference: None provided.

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