alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko
the sclerite of a generalized thoracic pleuron adjacent to the dorsal margin of the coxa, bearing the dorsal coxal articulation; its anterior part becomes the definitive trochantin
Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
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