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mx id: 4857 | OBO id: HAO:0001666 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0001666
spiracular groove
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The impression that extends dorsally on the metapectal-propodeal complex from its anterior margin to the first abdominal spiracle.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The spiracular groove is a impression.
The spiracular groove is part of the integument. The spiracular groove is part of the metapectal-propodeal complex. The spiracular groove is part of the sclerite.

Label usage (sensu)
spiracular groove by Buffington, M. L. 2009. Description, circumscription and phylogenetics of the new tribe Zaeucoilini (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), including a description of a new genus . Systematic Entomology 34:162-187.
spiracular groove by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
Groove leading from the dorsoanterior margin of the metapleuron to the propodeal spiracle; often greatly enlarged in some genera (e.g. Rhabdeucoela).
  Reference: Buffington, M. L. 2009. Description, circumscription and phylogenetics of the new tribe Zaeucoilini (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), including a description of a new genus . Systematic Entomology 34:162-187.
  Cross reference: None provided.

comment added about 14 years ago by Matt Yoder
Is this structure homologous with the prespiracular propodeal area of PLatygastroidea?
  Reference: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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