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mx id: 1284 | OBO id: HAO:0000663 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000663

ocular sclerite

Definition:

The sclerite that is delimited by the margin of the compound eye and the ocular suture.

written by: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

Relationships / properties:

ocular sclerite by Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.

ocular sclerite by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

comment added over 14 years ago by Istvan Miko

There is no separated sclerite in Hymenoptera surrounding the compound eye. The border between the ocular sclerite might be traced by the ocular suture, but this homology is very uncertain.

Reference: None provided.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 15 years ago by Andy Deans

A narrow band of the cranial wall encircling the compound eye within the ocular suture.

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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