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mx id: 591 | OBO id: HAO:0000650 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000650

notum

Definition:

The area that is located dorsally on the thoracic segment and limited laterally by the pleuron.

written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:

The notum is a area.

The notum is part of the cuticle. The notum is part of the thoracic segment. The notum is part of the thorax.

notum by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

comment added over 12 years ago by Matt Yoder

The notum can not be defined as a individual sclerite because of the form of the mesonotum. It is further not a anatomical cluster because of the form of the pronotum.

Reference: None provided.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko

The tergum of a thoracic segment.

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 17 years ago by Andy Deans

the tergum, or particularly the tergum of the thoracic segment

Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
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