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mx id: 473 | OBO id: HAO:0000576 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000576
mesosoma synonyms: alitrunk, thoracic trunk, thorax, trunk, wing-trunk
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The anatomical cluster that is composed of the prothorax, mesothorax and the metapectal-propodeal complex.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The mesosoma is a anatomical cluster.
The mesosoma is part of the multi-cellular organism.

Figures
Pimpla aequalis

Label usage (sensu)
mesosoma 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.
alitrunk by Leponce, M., T. Delsinne , Y. Laurent, J. Cillis, I. Bachy, A. Heughebaert, P. Desmet, and N. Youdjou. 2010. RBINS Ant eMuseum Paraguay Collection Glossary. Availble at http://projects.biodiversity.be/ants/.
mesosoma by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
alitrunk by Bolton, B. 1990. Abdominal characters and status of the cerapachyine ants (Hymenotpera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24:53-68.
mesosoma by Miko, I., M. Bertone, M. Yoder, A. Deans, S. Katja, N. Johnson, S. Brady, P. Ward, F. Ronquist, E. Talamas, L. Krogmann, L. Vilhelmsen, C. Rasmussen, G. Broad, A. Lucky, and B. G. 2010. HAO/Biosync working meeting II..
trunk by Brown, W. L. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae V Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. 15:1-115.
thoracic trunk by Crosskey, R. W. 1951. The morphology, taxonomy, and biology of the British Evanioidea (Hymenoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 102:247-301.
alitrunk by Crosskey, R. W. 1951. The morphology, taxonomy, and biology of the British Evanioidea (Hymenoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 102:247-301.
thorax by Bohart, R. M., and A. S. Menke. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World, A Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA 695 pp.
alitrunk 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.
trunk 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.
mesosoma by Wilson, E. O. 1971. The insect societies.:548.
thorax 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.
wing-trunk by Shuckard, W. E. 1836. A Manual of entomology tr from the German of Dr Herman Burmeister by W E Shuckard, with additions by the author, and original notes and plates by the translator. E. Churchton, London 654 pp.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
Middle of the three main body regions of apocritan Hymenoptera, which looks like the insect thorax but is composed of the thorax plus the propodeum; sometimes called the alitrunk.
  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 about 14 years ago by Katja Seltmann
The second tagma of the ant body, formed by the fusion of the first abdominal segment (the propodeum) with the thorax. It is also called mesosoma. The three pairs of legs and, when present, the two pairs of wings are articulated to the alitrunk.
  Reference: Leponce, M., T. Delsinne , Y. Laurent, J. Cillis, I. Bachy, A. Heughebaert, P. Desmet, and N. Youdjou. 2010. RBINS Ant eMuseum Paraguay Collection Glossary. Availble at http://projects.biodiversity.be/ants/.
  Cross reference: false


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