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mx id: 3308 | OBO id: HAO:0000633 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000633
metepisternal depression synonyms: metasternal shelf
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Definition:
The scrobe that is located anteroventrally on the mesopectus and accommodates the mesocoxa.
written by: Curators, H. A. O. 2009. The Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology Curation Team. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The metepisternal depression is a scrobe.
The metepisternal depression is part of the cuticle. The metepisternal depression is part of the metapectus. The metepisternal depression is part of the sclerite.

Figures
Cephalonomia stephanoderis Betrem, 1961
Scelionidae

Label usage (sensu)
metepisternal depression by Curators, H. A. O. 2009. The Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology Curation Team. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
metasternal shelf by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
metasternal shelf by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
metepisternal depression by Vilhelmsen, L. B. 2000. Before the wasp-waist: Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic implications of the skeleto-musculature of the thoraco-abdominal boundary region in basal Hymenoptera (Insecta) . Zoomorphology [was Zeitschrift für Morphologie der Tiere] 119:185-221.
metepisternal depression by Mikó, I., L. Vilhelmsen, N. F. Johnson, L. Masner , and Z. Pénzes. 2007. Morphology of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea): head and mesosoma. Zootaxa 1571:1-78.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms.
  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 over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko
The area of the metapectus that is limited posteriorly by the ventral carina of the metapleuron.
  Reference: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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