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|label=metapleurum
|lexical category=noun
|etymology=Greek <i>meta</i>, after; <i>pleuron</i>, side
|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) In Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae, ordinarily [[divided]] into two parts, the lower is largest and generally referred to; the lower part an [[oval]] or subtriangular [[area]] on the side of the <i>thorax</i>, between middle and hind coxae to the [[propodeum]]; the upper [[area]] lies behind the upper half of the [[mesepimeron]] and below and behind the [[base]] of the hind [[wing]], separated from the [[propodeum]] by a [[suture]].
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{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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