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mx id: 4516 | OBO id: HAO:0000366 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000366

furcal pit

Definition:

The pit that corresponds to the furca.

written by: Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:

The furcal pit is a pit.

The furcal pit is part of the cuticle. The furcal pit is part of the integument. The furcal pit is part of the pectus.

furcal pit by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

alternative definition added over 13 years ago by Istvan Miko

A small 'hole' along the midline of the pleurosternum of each of the three thoracic regions; the furcal pit is external indication of an invagination that forms the furcal phragma of each thoracic region.

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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