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mx id: 839 | OBO id: HAO:0000995 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000995

temple

Definition:

The area that is located on the gena, posterior to the compound eye.

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

Relationships / properties:

The temple is a area.

The temple is part of the cuticle. The temple is part of the gena.

temple by Sharkey, M.J. and R.A. Wharton 1997. Morphology and terminology. Pages 19-38. In: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, and M.J. Sharkey (Eds), Manual of the New World genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Special Publication of the International Society of Hymenopterists. Vol. 1: 1-439 pp.

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

alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Istvan Miko

Region on the top of the head behind each eye (see also vertex and gena).

Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
Cross reference: None provided.

comment added about 14 years ago by Matt Yoder

temples are termed receding (converging), parallel, or bulging according to their shape in dorsal view. Note: Head must be perfectly horizontal, i.e., antennal shelf (as) visible; in dorsal view. (Masner & Garcia 2002)

Reference: Masner, L., and J. L. García. 2002. The genera of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) in the new world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 268:107-138.
Cross reference: None provided.

comment added about 14 years ago by Matt Yoder

not sure that temple of Gibson et al. 1998 is equivalent with temple of Deans.

Reference: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Andy Deans

upper part of gena posteriad the compound eye

Reference: Sharkey, M.J. and R.A. Wharton 1997. Morphology and terminology. Pages 19-38. In: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, and M.J. Sharkey (Eds), Manual of the New World genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Special Publication of the International Society of Hymenopterists. Vol. 1: 1-439 pp.
Cross reference: None provided.

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