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mx id: 482 | OBO id: HAO:0000371 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000371

gena synonyms: cheek, genal area, postgena, temple

Definition:

The area that is delimited by the intersection of the interorbital plane, the margin of the compound eye, the margin of the oral foramen, the occipital carina and the malar sulcus.

written by: Yoder, M. J. 2009. Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

Relationships / properties:

The gena is a area.

The gena is part of the cranium. The gena is part of the cuticle.

Megalyridae

Gryon

Evaniscus tibialis Szépligeti, 1903; Evaniscus tibialis Szépligeti, 1903

Opius dissitus Muesebeck

gena by Goulet, H., and J. T. Huber. 1993. Hymenoptera of the World: An Identification Guide to Families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E., Ottawa, ON 668 pp.

gena by Yoder, M. J. 2009. Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

genal area by Michener, C. D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA 913 pp.

genal area by Curators, H. A. O. 2009. The Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology Curation Team. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.

temple by Townes, H., and V. K. Gupta. 1962. Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 4 subfamily Gelinae, tribe Hemigasterini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 2:1-305.

gena by Smith, L., and R. D. Shenefelt. 1956. A guide to the subfamily and tribes of the family Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) known to occur in Wisconsin. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters 44:165-219.

gena 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.

postgena by Snodgrass, R. E. 1942. The skeleto-muscular mechanisms of the honey bee. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 103:1-120.

cheek by Zombori, L., and H. Steinmann. 1999. Dictionary of Insect Morphology. Handbuch der Zoologie 4:1-404.

comment added over 14 years ago by Matt Yoder

The present definition more precisely defines the problematic "dorsal" delimitation of the gena, which is nebulous in *all* currently used definitions.

Reference: None provided.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added about 15 years ago by Andy Deans

The cheek. The lateral part of the head between the compound eye and, when present, the occipital carina. Otherwise, the lower (in hypognathous head) or anterior (in prognathous head) part of the back of the head between the compound eye and the occiput.

Reference: Goulet, H., and J. T. Huber. 1993. Hymenoptera of the World: An Identification Guide to Families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E., Ottawa, ON 668 pp.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added almost 13 years ago by Kelly Dew

The area that is delimited by the intersection of the interorbital plane, the margin of the compound eye, the margin of the oral foramen and, when present, the occipital carina and the malar 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.
Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added about 18 years ago by Andy Deans

the lateral parts of the parietals, generally the areas behind and beneath the eyes

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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