Definition of Mesosternum. Meaning of Mesosternum. Synonyms of Mesosternum

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Mesosternum. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Mesosternum and, of course, Mesosternum synonyms and on the right images related to the word Mesosternum.

Definition of Mesosternum

Mesosternum
Mesosternum Mes`o*ster"num, n. [Meso- + sternum.] 1. (Anat.) The middle portion, or body, of the sternum. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The ventral piece of the middle segment of the thorax in insects.

Meaning of Mesosternum from wikipedia

- prin****l sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the mesonotum (dorsal), the mesosternum (ventral), and the mesopleuron (lateral) on each side. The mesothorax...
- spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" that can bounce the beetle into the air...
- consists of a stout spine on the prosternum and a matching groove in the mesosternum. Some species startle an attacker by producing sounds through a process...
- Ophion is distinguished by the absence of a transverse keel on the hind mesosternum. They also have a long membranous flange to the spur on the foretibia...
- Thoracic and abdominal sterna of a beetle. A Mesosternum, B Metasternum, 1 first abdominal sternite, 2-6 rest of sternites...
- colour with red-brown legs. Red-brown beetles have a gold sheen on their mesosternum and abdomen, and behind the head. The male is 12.5–14 millimetres (0...
- moderately elongate body shape, and strongly concave posterior portion of the mesosternum. "ITIS - Report: Agathidium akallebregma". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-10-10...
- Fairmaire in 1897 and is differentiated from the genus Allecula by the mesosternum being broader and with the third antennal segment being slightly shorter...
- characteristics such as modified forewings called elytra sinuate, and a prominent mesosternum. The scutellum is covered by the prothorax attached to the base node...
- BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23. Parsons, Carl T. (1972). "On the mesosternum in some Nitidulidae (Coleoptera), with a key to the New World Amphicrossus"...