metaphragma
English
Etymology
meta- + phragma
Noun
metaphragma (plural metaphragmata)
- The hindmost phragma of the thorax in an insect
- 2015 October 15, “Evolution of Metapostnotum in Flat Wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae): Implications for Homology Assessments in Chrysidoidea”, in PLOS ONE, DOI: :
- Thus, in the basal groups of Hymenoptera the metaphragma can vary from absent to well developed.
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