alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
Term sometimes used (especially Eulophidae) for a slender region along the extreme posterior margin of the mesepisternum anterior to each mesocoxa, and not homologous with mesotrochantinal lobe as used in Eupelmidae.
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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