Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated on the pronotum; of or pertaining to the pronotum.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
pronotum
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Examples
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Both muscles are fan shaped with broad basal origins located between the anterior pronotal inflection and the pleural wall of the pronotum.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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IM: intersegmental membrane; PPh: prephragma of the mesonotum; 1 Ph: first phragma of the mesonotum; PS: pronotal sulcus.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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The dolomitanus form is similar to falcozi, but it has the pronotal shape of lowland.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Marcus K. Drotz et al. 2010
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(pronotal hypomera); and the raised lower margin of the epipleural
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Muscle 40a runs laterally from the tendon to its origin on the prephragma of the mesonotum, while 40b runs medially from the tendon to its origin on the midline of the posterior pronotal inflection (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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The muscle originates from the medial-most aspect of the posterior pronotal inflection (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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Other structural features are the pronotal sulcus, a deep inflection visible externally, and the spiracular lobes, which form protective coverings over the first pair of spiracles (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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The tendon diverges, uniting laterally with muscle 46 which originates from the lateral walls of the pronotum, and medially with muscle 47, which originates from the posterior pronotal inflection (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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