metasoma
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metasoma 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.
metasoma by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
metasoma by Michener, C. D. 1944. Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 82:151-326.
alternative definition added about 15 years ago by Istvan Miko
The posteriormost of the three main body regions of apocritan Hymenoptera, which
looks like the insect abdomen but excludes the first 'true' abdominal segment, the
propodeum, which is fused to the thorax; the metasoma includes the second 'true' abdominal
segment, the petiole (see also gaster).
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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alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Andy Deans
The anatomical cluster that is connected anteriorly to the metapectal-propodeal complex at the propodeal foramen and consists of abdominal segments.
Reference: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
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