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mx id: 1357 | OBO id: HAO:0000695 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000695

parapsis

Definition:

The area that is delimited medially by the parapsidal line and laterally by the parascutal carina.

written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:

The parapsis is a area.

The parapsis is part of the cuticle. The parapsis is part of the mesoscutum.

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

parapsis by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

parapsis by MacLeay, W. 1830. Explanation of the comparative anatomy of the thorax in winged insects, with a review of the present state of the nomenclature of its parts. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 5:145-179.

alternative definition added almost 15 years ago by Istvan Miko

Lateral area of the mesoscutum laterad of the parapsidal furrow.

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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