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mx id: 11425 | OBO id: HAO:0002488 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0002488

metapectal plate

Definition:

The flange that is on the paracoxal ridge and that serves as the site of attachment for the the anterior metapleuro-metabasalar and median metapleuro-metacoxal muscles.

written by: Vilhelmsen, L. B., I. Miko, and L. Krogmann. 2010. Beyond the wasp waist: structural diversity and phylogenetic significance of the mesosoma in apocritan wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society [=Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology] 159:22-194.

Relationships / properties:

The metapectal plate is a flange.

The metapectal plate is part of the cuticle. The metapectal plate is part of the paracoxal ridge. The metapectal plate is part of the sclerite.

metapectal plate by Vilhelmsen, L. B., I. Miko, and L. Krogmann. 2010. Beyond the wasp waist: structural diversity and phylogenetic significance of the mesosoma in apocritan wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society [=Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology] 159:22-194.

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