alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
The episternal epipleurite (sometimes double) giving insertion to the anterior pleural muscles of the wing; often represented by an undetached or partially detached lobe of the episternum before the pleural wing process"
Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1935. Principles of insect morphology. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York & London 667 pp.
Cross reference:
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