- The
prothorax is the
foremost of the
three segments in the
thorax of an insect, and
bears the
first pair of legs. Its prin****l
sclerites (exoskeletal...
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caterpillar bears a
repugnatorial organ called the
osmeterium on its
prothorax. The
osmeterium normally remains hidden, but when threatened, the larva...
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completely concealing the sculpture; beak (♂)
scarcely longer than the
prothorax, thick,
distinctly arcuate,
compressed basally, finely,
closely punctate...
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thorax has
three segments: the
prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax. The
anterior segment,
closest to the head, is the
prothorax; its
major features are the...
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white on the edge of the
prothorax. The V in its name (v-nigrum)
comes from the fact that
Mulsant originally described the "
prothorax" (pronotum) as "adorned...
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mesosoma is
rather high and is
mostly shorter than the metasoma, and the
prothorax is very short. The
scutellum is
shorter than the mid lobe of the mesoscutum...
- the
dorsal surface of the
thorax is
typically formed primarily of the
prothorax, but also in part by the
enlarged posterior portion of the mesonotum,...
- up the
superfamily Bostrichoidea.
While most
woodborers have a
large prothorax,
powderpost beetles do not,
making their heads more visible. In addition...
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millimetres (0.11–0.18 in) in length. They have
brown ellipsoidal bodies with a
prothorax resembling a monk's cowl. The
common furniture beetle is
often confused...
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separated in
other insect species,
although flexibly articulate from the
prothorax. When
viewed from below, the
thorax is that part from
which all three...
