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mx id: 1145 | OBO id: HAO:0000085 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000085

acrosternite

Definition:

The area that is located anteriorly of the antecosta of a sternum.

written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:

The acrosternite is a area.

The acrosternite is part of the cuticle. The acrosternite is part of the sternum.

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

acrosternite by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Andy Deans

the narrow marginal flange anterior to the antecosta of a definitive sternal plate that includes the preceeding primary intersegmental sclerotization; characteristic of abdominal sterna of insects, but absent on thoracic sterna

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