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mx id: 1625 | OBO id: HAO:0000321 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000321

fascia

Definition:

The band that is transverse and composed of setae in Apoidea.

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

Relationships / properties:

The fascia is a band.

The fascia is part of the cuticle.

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

alternative definition added almost 14 years ago by Andy Deans

a transverse band or broad line, in bees often created by a band of light colored hairs on the metasoma

Reference: Michener, C. D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA 913 pp.
Cross reference: None provided.

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