Hymenoptera Glossary

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id: 1288

pleurostoma

definition: none

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

highest applicable taxon name: Hymenoptera

OBO dbxref: HAO:0000730

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adjective form

pleurostomal by:Andy Deans

plural form pleurostomata by:Andy Deans

alternative definition

(from: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935.) The subgenal margin of the cranium bordering the mandible. by:Andy Deans

alternative definition

(from: Yoder, M. J. 2004.) the slightly elevated surface adjacent to the proximolateral margin of the mandible by:Andy Deans

existing relationships:

pleurostoma	part_of /	cranium		adeans	08/31/2006
pleurostoma	is_a /	margin		adeans	07/31/2009

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