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mx id: 489 | OBO id: HAO:0000853 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000853

pronotum

Definition:

The notum that is located in the prothorax.

written by: Miko, I. 2009. Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:

The pronotum is a notum.

The pronotum is part of the prothorax. The pronotum is part of the thoracic segment. The pronotum is part of the thorax.

Tremex columba Linnaeus, 1763

Paridris

Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus, 1758); Evania appendagaster Samouelle, 1819

Szepligetella levipetiolata (Turner, 1919); Szepligetella levipetiolata (Turner, 1919)

Cirrospilus coachellae Gates, 2000

Perilampus Latreille, 1809

Entomacis ambigua (Brues)

Entomacis notioxera Yoder, 2004

Biosteres carbonarius

Opius dissitus Muesebeck

pronotum by Miko, I. 2009. Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

pronotum by Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 0. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in press..

alternative definition added over 2 years ago by Istvan Miko

Dorsal sclerite of the prothorax, which overlaps the sides of the thorax so as to be upside-down U-like; the pronotum usually is more or less loosely articulated with the mesothorax (see also lateral panel of the pronotum).

Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added almost 3 years ago by Istvan Miko

The dorsal sclerite of the prothorax; in most Hymenoptera, occupying also the dorsolateral or lateral part of the prothorax.

Reference: Goulet, H., and J. T. Huber. 1993. Hymenoptera of the World: An Identification Guide to Families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E., Ottawa, ON 668 pp.
Cross reference: None provided.

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