Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, a part of the thorax immediately over and partly surrounding the insertion of the abdomen, seen principally in the Hymenoptera.
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Latreille's segment: the first abdominal segment of those Hymenoptera in which it is fused with the thorax: = median segment, propodeon, propodeum.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Median segment: applied to the basal segment of the abdomen when it forms part of the metathorax: see propodeum.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Funiculus: the main tendon of abdomen: in Hymenoptera a slender ligament connecting the propodeum to petiole on its dorsal aspect.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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