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mx id: 1388 | OBO id: HAO:0001035 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0001035
trochantin
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Definition:
The sclerite that is located anterolaterally of the coxa and corresponds to the site of insertion of the notal-trochantinal muscle.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The trochantin is a sclerite.
The trochantin is part of the cuticle. The trochantin is part of the thoracic segment.

Label usage (sensu)
trochantin by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
The precoxal sclerite of a thoracic pleuron derived from the anterior part of the primitive coxopleurite; usually articulated at its ventral end to the anterior margin of the coxa, and giving insertion to the tergal promotor muscle of the leg.
  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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