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mx id: 538 | OBO id: HAO:0000634 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000634
metepisternum
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The episternum that is located anteroventrally of the metapleural sulcus.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The metepisternum is a episternum.
The metepisternum is part of the cuticle. The metepisternum is part of the metapleuron. The metepisternum is part of the pleuron.

Figures
Macroxyela ferruginea Say, 1824

Label usage (sensu)
metepisternum 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.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko
The anterior subdivision of the metapleuron.
  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.


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