10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPISTERNUM»
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episternum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
A Dictionary of Entomology
EPISTERNO-PRECOXAL Adj. Descriptive of or pertaining to Episternum and
Precoxa combined. EPISTERNUM Noun. (Greek, epi I upon + sternon I chest. PL,
Episterna.) 1. A thoracic sclerite anterior of Pleural Suture and sometimes
adjacent ...
2
Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences (Vol. LXI, ...
Episternum (ES") — Episternum (Audouin, '24). = Parapleura (Burmeister, '32). =
Pleura (Kirby, '28). = Coxopleure (Verhoeff, '03) in Forficula. In the Blattida:,
Verhoeff's coxopleure is the episternum plus the anterior laterale. Comstock's, '02
...
3
Dictionary of Insect Morphology
~s, episternum (Fig. 49): the anterior part of the pleuron above the coxa, which
may further be divided by other longitudinal sutures episternum, -i, n. Gr. _*
episternite episternum laterale _* prepectus _* epipleurite; 2. _* 4 Incorrect
derivation, ...
Henrik Steinmann, Lajos Zombori, 1999
4
Blackflies (Simuliidae) [Moshki (sem. Simuliidae)]
The thorax of blackflies is characterized by a well-developed mesonotum,
median epimeron, and episternum, with a broad membrane dividing episternum
into two sclerites. Thorax relatively short, highly convex, and equally broad
anteriorly ...
Ivan Antonovich Rubt͡sov, 1989
5
Encyclopedia of Insects
8); the episternum is typically the largest lateral thoracic sclerite between the
sternum and the notum. The epimeron is the posterior division of a thoracic
pleuron adjacent to the coxa and posterior to the pleural suture (Fig. 8); it is
typically ...
Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé, 2009
6
Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles
The ventral shell of turtles, the plastron, is largely a bony neomorph, defined as a
novel and unique structure; only the clavicles and the episternum appear to have
become part of the plastron. Snakes have lost all pectoral girdle elements, and ...
Laurie J. Vitt, Janalee P. Caldwell, 2013
7
The Cambridge Natural History: Mammalia
THE EPISTERNUM.—The Mammalia areasa rule to be distinguished fromlower
Vertebrates bythe absence of an episternum, orinterclavicle as it is alsocalled. In
the Monotremata,however, thereis alarge [18]shaped bone which doesnotoverlie
...
The lateral plates of the mesosternum form the whole of the anterior portion of the
pleural region ; each is bounded in front by the humerus, spiracle, and
prothoracic episternum, and above by the dorso-pleural membrane, and behind
by the ...
The remaining portion of the mesopleural region is made up of the episternum,
epimeron, and two small sclerites connected with the wing-base — the
parapteron and costa. The episternum (eps".) is situated behind the mesopleural
...
Museum Natural History British, 1914
10
On the Anatomy of Vertebrates
The coracoid, 52, is still broader, not cartilaginous as in most perennibranchs, but
well ossified, and united below with its fellow, and with a small ' episternum ' of a
triradiate form, one ray of which is wedged into the fore part of the intercoracoid ...
