metaventrite

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Etymology

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meta- +‎ ventrite

Noun

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metaventrite (plural metaventrites)

  1. (entomology) A ventral plate of the thorax lying behind and between the mesocoxal cavities.
    • 2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys[1]:
      The anterior pronotal angles are produced forward, the metaventrite is very short and the hind wings are absent.
    • 2014, Richard A.B. Leschen, Morphology and Systematics: Phytophaga[2], page 203:
      Mesocoxal cavities usually subcircular, narrowly to moderately widely separated, usually open laterally but occasionally closed by confluent meso- and metaventrites.
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