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epicnemial pit
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The cuticular invagination that is located at the lateral end of the epicnemial carina.
written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:
The epicnemial pit is a cuticular invagination.
The epicnemial pit is part of the cuticle. The epicnemial pit is part of the mesopleuron.

Figures
Entomacis notioxera Yoder, 2004
Copyright ©Matthew J. Yoder

Label usage (sensu)
epicnemial pit by Masner, L., and J. L. García. 2002. The genera of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) in the new world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 268:107-138.
epicnemial pit by Yoder, M. J. 2004. Revision of the North American species of the genus Entomacis (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae). Canadian Entomologist 136:323-405.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added almost 14 years ago by Andy Deans
pit or depression, often with dense pilosity in anteroventral corner of mesopleuron, behind forecoxa; in lateral view
  Reference: Masner, L., and J. L. García. 2002. The genera of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) in the new world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 268:107-138.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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