alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
One of the lateral apodemal arms of the eusternum; in higher insects united on a median base, the whole structure forming the furca.
Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
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