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mx id: 1376 | OBO id: HAO:0000818 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000818

presternum

Definition:

The area that is located on the basisternum and is delimited by the sternacostal sulcus.

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

Relationships / properties:

The presternum is a area.

The presternum is part of the basisternum. The presternum is part of the cuticle.

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

alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Istvan Miko

A narrow anterior area of the sternum sometimes set off from the basisternum by a submarginal suture of the eusternum.

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