alternative definition added over 18 years ago by Andy Deans
a hole in a sclerite allowing for the passage of internal organs into an adjacent body region
Reference: Ronquist, F., and G. Nordlander. 1989. Skeletal morphology of an archaic cynipoid, Ibalia rufipes (Hymenoptera: Ibaliidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement 33:1-60.
Cross reference:
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