pronotum


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pronotum

the covering of the first thoracic segment in insects.
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navajo in having propleuron and metapleuron ivory and most of the pronotum pale orange, and as in the case of S.
First record of Schizopyga Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Brazil and a description of a new species
The pronotum of this species is quite distinctive, with a black central area with squiggly projection on each side on a whitish background (Fig.
Insects in your gardens: lady beetles
Specimens from the Pantanal site were located on the positive axis of PCA 2 and exhibited the greatest distortion in the posterior ventral region of pronotum which expanded, as indicated by the Thin-Plate spline.
Morphometric variation among males of Orphulella punctata (De Geer, 1773) (Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) from different biomes in Brazil
Pronotum yellow, elytron fully black and shinning (Raimundo and van Harten, 2000).
Biodiversity and Species Distribution of Coccinellids (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) in District Sargodha (Punjab), Pakistan
Head and anterior region of pronotum, in dorsal view (scale 20 mm); 2.
NEW SPECIES OF PASSALUS (MITRORHINUS) KAUP, 1871 (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA: PASSALIDAE) FROM THE EXTREME WEST OF THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON
Mean ratios [+ or -] SE (pronotum width/pronotum length) of C.
Recent documentation of the tropical bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) in Florida since the common bed bug resurgence
These landmarks were chosen to represent major dimensions of the pronotum. The points are superimposed onto the image that generates two-dimensional coordinates.
Morphological variations on the pronotum of the hispid beetle p. Reichei from eight Mindanao populations
The pronotum is a pale red color with 5 black spots.
RECOGNITION OF LADYBIRD FAUNA (COL.: COCCINELLIDAE) IN THE ALFALFA FIELDS OF KHORRAMABAD
Thorax: Pronotum about 1.75 ([male]) / 1.6 ([male]) times wider than its medial length ([female], Fig.
Porcelloderes impenetrabilis gen. & sp. n. from Tanzania, an assassin bug camouflaging in the adult stage (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae)
However, these genera are distinguished as follows: Allelocoris lacks the stylate eyes, the "genae" are long, nearly reaching apex of antennal segment I and anterolateral lobes of pronotum are expanded anteriorly.
Tobyschuhaptera amazonica gen. n, sp. n, from Brazil (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae)
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