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mx id: 841 | OBO id: HAO:0000133 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000133
antescutal depression
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Definition:
The area that is median, concave, triangular, is located on the posterior margin of the pronotum and is delimited by a carina anteriorly.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The antescutal depression is a area.
The antescutal depression is part of the cuticle. The antescutal depression is part of the pronotum.

Label usage (sensu)
antescutal depression by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
antescutal depression by Sharkey, M.J. and R.A. Wharton 1997. Morphology and terminology. Pages 19-38. In: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, and M.J. Sharkey (Eds), Manual of the New World genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Special Publication of the International Society of Hymenopterists. Vol. 1: 1-439 pp.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Andy Deans
a median, usually triangular depression immediately anterior to the anterior margin of the mesoscutum; formed by an anterior deflection of the posterior, carinate margin of the pronotum
  Reference: Sharkey, M.J. and R.A. Wharton 1997. Morphology and terminology. Pages 19-38. In: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, and M.J. Sharkey (Eds), Manual of the New World genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Special Publication of the International Society of Hymenopterists. Vol. 1: 1-439 pp.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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