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propleura

propleura is the plural of propleuron.

propleura is the plural of propleurum.

Meaning of propleuron

Noun

propleuron (plural propleura)

  1. The lateral sclerite of the anterior division of the thorax of an insect.
    • Body brown except: yellowish clypeus and inter-torular area; scapus and pedicellus yellow (17 th antennal article grey, 18 th -21 st articles white), propleuron and upper corner of mesopleuron, first metasomal tergite; mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum suffused with yellow; wing membrane slightly...2016 February 4, “Species Diversity in the Parasitoid Genus Asobara (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Native Area of the Fruit Fly Pest Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about propleura

What is propleura the plural of?
Propleura is the plural of propleuron.

Words near propleura in the dictionary

  1. propleg
  2. proplegs
  3. propless
  4. proplet
  5. proplets
  6. propleura
  7. propleural
  8. propleuron
  9. propleurum
  10. proplift
  11. proplifted

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