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mx id: 1125 | OBO id: HAO:0000535 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000535

meron

Definition:

The area that is located posterolaterally and proximally on the coxa, proximal to the basicostal suture.

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

Relationships / properties:

The meron is a area.

The meron is part of the coxa. The meron is part of the cuticle.

meron by Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.

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

alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Andy Deans

The lateral postarticular area of the base of the coxa, in some insects greatly enlarged and extended distally in the posterior part of the coxa but always proximal to the basicostal suture.

Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
Cross reference: None provided.

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