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mx id: 518 | OBO id: HAO:0000399 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000399

hind leg synonyms: hindleg, metaleg, metapes, pes posterior

Definition:

The leg that is located on the metathorax.

written by: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

Relationships / properties:

The hind leg is a leg.

The hind leg is part of the mesosoma. The hind leg is part of the metathorax. The hind leg is part of the multi-cellular organism. The hind leg is part of the thorax.

Alobevania Kawada & Deans, 2008

hind leg 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.

hind leg by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

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

hind leg by Macalister, A. 1876. An introduction to animal morphology and systematic zoology: part I – Invertebrata.:461.

hindleg by Busck, A. 1917. The pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella. Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Research 9:343-370.

metaleg by Bourguignon, T., and Y. Roisin. 2006. A new genus and three new species of termitophilous staphylinids (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Schedorhinotermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in New Guinea. Sociobiology 48:1-13.

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

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

alternative definition added about 14 years ago by Andy Deans

posterior most leg, originating from metathorax.

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.

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