Hymenoptera Glossary

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id: 1193

mesopleural triangle

definition: Thearea that isimpressed and located dorsally on themesopleuron.

written by: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

highest applicable taxon name: Hymenoptera

OBO dbxref: HAO:0000562

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alternative definition

(from: Buffington, M. L. 2009.) An impressed area more or less in the middle of the mesopleuron. The ‘base’ of the triangle is aligned with the pronotal-mesopleural suture line; the ‘hypotenuse’ of the triangle extends from the ventral margin of the subalar pit to the middle of the pronotal–mesopleural suture line (the ventral endpoint of the base of the traingle); the ‘axis’ of the triangle extends from the dorsal margin of the subalar pit and extends to the dorsal endpoint of the pronotal–mesopleural suture line (also the dorsal endpoint of the base of the triangle). The dorsal (‘axis’) and ventral (‘hypotenuse’) margins of the triangle range from distinctly impressed to rounded and only slightly impressed. by:Istvan Miko

alternative definition

(from: Ronquist, F., and G. Nordlander. 1989.) the upper, impressed area of the mesopleuron by:Andy Deans

sensu

(from: Ronquist, F., and G. Nordlander. 1989.) by:Andy Deans

existing relationships:

mesopleural triangle	part_of /	mesopleuron		adeans	08/30/2006
mesopleural triangle	is_a /	area		adeans	05/05/2009

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