posterior apophysis

posterior apophysis
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In female Lepidoptera, sclerotized, paired apodemes of the 8th abdominal segment, extending cephalad and serving for muscle attachment; apophyses posteriores.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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