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mx id: 1335 | OBO id: HAO:0000299 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000299

epimeron

Definition:

The area that is located on the pleuron and is delimited anteriorly by the pleural sulcus.

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

Relationships / properties:

The epimeron is a area.

The epimeron is part of the cuticle. The epimeron is part of the pleuron.

epimeron by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

alternative definition added almost 14 years ago by Andy Deans

The area of the pleuron posterior to the pleural suture, sometimes divided horizontally into supraepimeron or anepimeron, and an infraepimeron or katepimeron

Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
Cross reference: None provided.

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