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mx id: 6152 | OBO id: HAO:0001659 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0001659
stridulatory organ
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Definition:
The anatomical cluster that is composed of the plectrum and the stridulitrum.
written by: Leponce, M., T. Delsinne , Y. Laurent, J. Cillis, I. Bachy, A. Heughebaert, P. Desmet, and N. Youdjou. 2010. RBINS Ant eMuseum Paraguay Collection Glossary. Availble at http://projects.biodiversity.be/ants/.

Relationships / properties:
The stridulatory organ is a anatomical cluster.
The stridulatory organ is part of the metasoma.

Label usage (sensu)
stridulatory organ by Leponce, M., T. Delsinne , Y. Laurent, J. Cillis, I. Bachy, A. Heughebaert, P. Desmet, and N. Youdjou. 2010. RBINS Ant eMuseum Paraguay Collection Glossary. Availble at http://projects.biodiversity.be/ants/.
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alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko
In some ant taxa, a sound-producing system consisting of a sharp scraper (the plectrum) located on the posterior border of the postpetiole and of a file of transverse ridges (the stridulitrum) located on the upper surface of the anteriormost part of the abdominal segment 4. When the gaster is jerked up and down, the plectrum rubs against the stridulitrum, producing the stridulation.
  Reference: Leponce, M., T. Delsinne , Y. Laurent, J. Cillis, I. Bachy, A. Heughebaert, P. Desmet, and N. Youdjou. 2010. RBINS Ant eMuseum Paraguay Collection Glossary. Availble at http://projects.biodiversity.be/ants/.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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