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mx id: 1141 | OBO id: HAO:0000907 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000907

scale

Definition:

The sensillum with a scale-like cuticular component.

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

Relationships / properties:

The scale is a sensillum.

The scale is part of the body.

scale by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

comment added about 14 years ago by Matt Yoder

Given the generalized nature of the source this almost definitely refers to Lepidoptera. Do any Hymenoptera have scales?

Reference: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added about 10 years ago by Istvan Miko

The seta that is broad and flat.

Reference: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Andy Deans

A flat unicellular external process of the body wall, probably a modified seta.

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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