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mx id: 848 | OBO id: HAO:0000637 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000637
midpit synonyms: medio-posterior mesoscutal depression
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The depression that is located posteromedially on the mesoscutum.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The midpit is a depression.
The midpit is part of the cuticle. The midpit is part of the mesoscutum.

Figures
Biosteres carbonarius

Label usage (sensu)
midpit by Sharkey, M.J. and R.A. Wharton 1997. Morphology and terminology. Pages 19-38. In: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, and M.J. Sharkey (Eds), Manual of the New World genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Special Publication of the International Society of Hymenopterists. Vol. 1: 1-439 pp.
midpit by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
medio-posterior mesoscutal depression 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.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added over 12 years ago by Kelly Dew
The pit- or groove-like depression where the notauli join posteriorly.
  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.
  Cross reference: None provided.

comment added about 14 years ago by Matt Yoder
is this term the synonym of median mesoscutal line or sulcus?
  Reference: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
  Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added almost 15 years ago by Istvan Miko
Pit situated in the postero-median area of the mesoscutum; if notauli are present the midpit lies at or directly posterior to the point at which they converge.
  Reference: Sharkey, M.J. and R.A. Wharton 1997. Morphology and terminology. Pages 19-38. In: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, and M.J. Sharkey (Eds), Manual of the New World genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Special Publication of the International Society of Hymenopterists. Vol. 1: 1-439 pp.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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