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mx id: 1281 | OBO id: HAO:0000652 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000652
occipital arch
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The area that is located on the cranium and is delimited anteriorly by the occipital suture and posteriorly by the postoccipital sutures.
written by: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

Relationships / properties:
The occipital arch is a area.
The occipital arch is part of the cranium. The occipital arch is part of the cuticle.

Label usage (sensu)
occipital arch by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..
occipital arch by Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko
The area that is located on the cranium and is delimited anteriorly by the occipital suture and posteriorly by the postoccipital sutures.
  Reference: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..
  Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Andy Deans
The area of the cranium between the occipital and postoccipital sutures; its dorsal part is the occiput proper, its lateral parts the postgenae.
  Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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