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The parascutal carina is a rim.
The parascutal carina is part of the cuticle. The parascutal carina is part of the mesoscutum. The parascutal carina is part of the sclerite.
parascutal carina by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
parascutal flange by Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
parascutal flange 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.
parascutal carina by Tulloch, G. 1935. Morphological studies of the thorax of the ant. Entomologica Americana 15:93-130.
alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko
The lateral, carinate to flange-like margin of the mesoscutal lateral
lobe (sometimes used only for the posterolateral portion of the margin that is recurved
toward the transscutal articulation adjacent to the tegula).
Reference: Gibson , G. A. P., J. D. Read , and R. Fairchild. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Chalcidoidea): illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms ..
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alternative definition added almost 12 years ago by Kelly Dew
The submarginal rim that extends along the mesonotal lateral margin, separated from the remainder of the mesoscutum by a parascutal sulcus.
Reference: 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.
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