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mx id: 579 | OBO id: HAO:0000992 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000992

tarsus

Definition:

The leg segment that is apical to the tibia.

written by: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

Relationships / properties:

The tarsus is a leg segment.

The tarsus is part of the leg. The tarsus is part of the multi-cellular organism.

Opius dissitus Muesebeck

tarsus by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

tarsus by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..

tarsus by 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.

tarsus by Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.

alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Istvan Miko

Fifth segment of a leg that basally articulates to the tibia and normally consists of three to five subsegments.

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 about 15 years ago by Istvan Miko

The fifth segment of a leg, attached basally to the tibia and subdivided into tarsomeres.

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.

alternative definition added over 17 years ago by Andy Deans

the fifth segment of the leg, usually divided into fron two to five subsegments, or tarsomeres

Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
Cross reference: None provided.

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