metapostnotal

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Etymology

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meta- +‎ postnotal

Adjective

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metapostnotal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a metapostnotum
    • 2015 October 15, “Evolution of Metapostnotum in Flat Wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae): Implications for Homology Assessments in Chrysidoidea”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Certain bethylids groups posses a metapostnotal median carina ( pn3mc ; Figs 1A–1C, 2C and 2D ), which divides the metapostnotum into two larger areas, or an anteromedial elevation, but they do not correspond to an internal muscle insertion point.