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propleurum

propleurum is the alternative form of propleuron.

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

Forms of propleurum

pluralpropleura

Questions about propleurum

What is propleurum the alternative form of?
Propleurum is the alternative form of propleuron.

Words near propleurum in the dictionary

  1. proplet
  2. proplets
  3. propleura
  4. propleural
  5. propleuron
  6. propleurum
  7. proplift
  8. proplifted
  9. proplifter
  10. proplifters
  11. proplifting

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