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prescutum
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The area that is located on the alinotum and is limited by the antecostal suture and prescutal suture.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The prescutum is a area.
The prescutum is part of the alinotum. The prescutum is part of the cuticle.

Label usage (sensu)
prescutum by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
prescutum by Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
Comments and tags
comment added almost 14 years ago by Matt Yoder
The prescutum (Insects in general) is not homologous with the median mesoscutal (mesonotal) lobe and the prescutal suture is not homologous with the notauli of Hymenoptera.
  Reference: Reid, J. A. 1940. The thorax of the wingless and the short-winged Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 91:367-446.
  Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added almost 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
The anterior area of the mesonotum or metanotum between the antecostal suture and the prescutal suture, when the latter is present.
  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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