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mx id: 1103 | OBO id: HAO:0000668 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000668
operculum
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The sclerite that functions like a lid and covers the spiracular opening.
written by: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

Relationships / properties:
The operculum is a sclerite.
The operculum is part of the body. The operculum is part of the cuticle.

Label usage (sensu)
operculum by Ronquist, F., and G. Nordlander. 1989. Skeletal morphology of an archaic cynipoid, Ibalia rufipes (Hymenoptera: Ibaliidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement 33:1-60.
operculum by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..
Comments and tags
alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Andy Deans
A small sclerite that functions like a lid, covering a spiracular opening.
  Reference: Ronquist, F., and G. Nordlander. 1989. Skeletal morphology of an archaic cynipoid, Ibalia rufipes (Hymenoptera: Ibaliidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement 33:1-60.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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