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mx id: 3827 | OBO id: HAO:0000557 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000557

mesopectus

Definition:

The sclerite that is U-shaped in cross section, connected anteriorly with the pronotum and the propectus, dorsally with the basalare, the mesonotum, the second axillary sclerite and the subalare, posteriorly with the metapectus and bears the mesodiscrimenal lamella and the mesofurca.

written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:

The mesopectus is a sclerite.

The mesopectus is part of the cuticle. The mesopectus is part of the mesothorax.

Pimpla aequalis

Trichilogaster Mayr, 1905

Cirrospilus coachellae Gates, 2000

Spalangia nigripes

Entomacis notioxera Yoder, 2004

Biosteres carbonarius

Opius dissitus Muesebeck

mesopectus by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

mesopectus by Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.

alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Istvan Miko

Term sometimes used for the entire lateral and ventral portion of the mesothorax (see also pleurosternum).

Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added almost 13 years ago by Kelly Dew

The huge mesosomal sclerite that is U-shaped in cross section; that originates from the merged mesopleura and mesosternum; that is connected anteriorly with the pronotum and the propectus, dorsally with the basalare, the mesonotum, the second axillary sclerite and the subalare, and posteriorly with the metapectus; and that houses the mesodiscrimenal lamella and the mesofurca.

Reference: Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added almost 14 years ago by Istvan Miko

The pectus that is located in the mesothorax.

Reference: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
Cross reference: None provided.

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