alternative definition added over 12 years ago by Istvan Miko
In the worker and the queen the dilator of the spiracle of segment VIII arises in the ventral anterior angle of the tergal spiracular plate, not on the sternum as in preceding segments.
Reference: Snodgrass, R. E. 1942. The skeleto-muscular mechanisms of the honey bee. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 103:1-120.
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