Hymenoptera Glossary

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propodeum

definition: none

highest applicable taxon name: Apocrita

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1. propodeal spiracle

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plural form propodea by:Andy Deans

adjective form

propodeal by:Andy Deans

to blog What is the propodeum? :: Is it a synonym of first abdominal tergite? Where does the propodeum begin and end? by:Andy Deans

alternative definition

(from: Goulet, H., and J. T. Huber. 1993.) In Apocrita, the first tergum of the abdomen, widely and immovably fused with the metanotum and with each metapleuron of the thorax, and usually narrowly and flexibly joined to the rest of the abdomen (see also abdomen, metasoma, thorax). by:Istvan Miko

sensu

(from: Goulet, H., and J. T. Huber. 1993.) by:Matt Yoder

synonym

(from: Miko, I. 2009.) by:Matt Yoder

alternative definition

(from: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935.) the first abdomenal segment of clistogastrous Hymenoptera incorporated into the thorax by:Andy Deans

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