metafurcal arm
Definition:
The
apodeme that arises ventromedially form the
metapectus, extends towards the
metapleural apodeme and corresponds to the site of origin of metacoxal and metatrochanteral muscles.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
Relationships / properties:
The metafurcal arm is part of the cuticle. The metafurcal arm is part of the metafurca. The metafurcal arm is part of the sclerite.
metafurcal arm by Vilhelmsen, L. B. 2000. Before the wasp-waist: Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic implications of the skeleto-musculature of the thoraco-abdominal boundary region in basal Hymenoptera (Insecta) . Zoomorphology [was Zeitschrift für Morphologie der Tiere] 119:185-221.
metafurcal arm by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
metafurcal arm by Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.
comment added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko
the defininition of the metafurcal arm has to be different from that of the mesofurcal lateral arm, because in chalcidoidea the arms are separated proximally, so the metafurcal arms not allways arise from the base of the metafurca.
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alternative definition added over 12 years ago by Kelly Dew
The apodeme that arises from the metafurcal base of the metapectus, extends towards the metapleural apodeme and serves as the site of origin of metacoxal and metatrochanteral muscles.
Reference: Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.
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