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mx id: 512 | OBO id: HAO:0000672 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000672
eye margin synonyms: orbit
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The margin of the compound eye.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The eye margin is a margin.
The eye margin is part of the integument. The eye margin is part of the sclerite.

Label usage (sensu)
eye margin by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
orbit by Goulet, H., and J. T. Huber. 1993. Hymenoptera of the World: An Identification Guide to Families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E., Ottawa, ON 668 pp.
eye margin by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
orbit by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
Comments and tags
comment added about 13 years ago by Matt Yoder
Does this refer to the cuticle surrounding the eye, or is this the space (a foramen?) where the compound eye resides?
  Reference: None provided.
  Cross reference: None provided.

comment added over 12 years ago by Andy Deans
Needs to be genus-differentia: The margin that is ___
  Reference: Deans, A. R. 2010. HAO curator..
  Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko
One of four margins of a compound eye, the upper or dorsal margin, lower or ventral margin, inner or anterior margin, and outer or posterior margin; sometimes called the orbit.
  Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
  Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added almost 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
The narrow border around the eye.
  Reference: Goulet, H., and J. T. Huber. 1993. Hymenoptera of the World: An Identification Guide to Families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E., Ottawa, ON 668 pp.
  Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 16 years ago by Andy Deans
eye margin
  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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