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The postocciput is a area.
The postocciput is part of the cranium. The postocciput is part of the cuticle.
postocciput 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.
postocciput by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
postocciput by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
postocciput by Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.
postocciput by Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
parocciput by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.
segmentum labiale by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.
segmentum tritognathale by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.
alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko
Narrow region on the back of the head between the occipital foramen and
postoccipital carina, if there is one.
Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
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alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Andy Deans
A narrow area surrounding the foramen magnum; it is separated from the occiput by the postoccipital groove.
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.
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alternative definition added almost 11 years ago by Istvan Miko
The area that is delimited by the postoccipital sulcus or postoccipital carina and the occipital foramen, and that is equipped with the occipital condyles.
Reference: Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.
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alternative definition added about 17 years ago by Andy Deans
the extreme posterior rim of the cranium behind the postoccipital suture, probably a sclerotic remnant of the labial somite
Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
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