Difference between revisions of "pleural ridge"

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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) A [[vertical]] strengthening ridge above the coxa that divides the pleuron into an anterior [[episternum]] and a posterior [[epimeron]], well developed in wing bearing segments and continuing dorsally into the [[pleural wing process]]; the [[entopleuron]].
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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Insecta]]) A [[vertical]] strengthening ridge above the [[coxa]] that divides the pleuron into an [[anterior]] [[episternum]] and a [[posterior]] [[epimeron]], well developed in wing bearing segments and continuing dorsally into the [[pleural wing process]]; the [[entopleuron]].
|alternative label=[[pleural apophysis]]
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Latest revision as of 23:35, 13 September 2013

pleural ridge also pleural apophysis: (Arthropoda: Insecta) A vertical strengthening ridge above the coxa that divides the pleuron into an anterior episternum and a posterior epimeron, well developed in wing bearing segments and continuing dorsally into the pleural wing process; the entopleuron.