postphragma

postphragma
n. [L. post, after; Gr. phragma, fence]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
1. Internal plates developed from the antecostal ridges at the front and back of the mesothorax and the back of the metathorax that provide attachment for the large longitudinal muscles moving the wings.
2. In Diptera, a well developed phragma at the posterior extension of the postnotum.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • postphragma — post·phragma …   English syllables

  • postphragma — (ˈ) ̷ ̷+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from post + phragma : the phragma of the postnotum of an insect …   Useful english dictionary

  • phragma — n.; pl. mata [Gr. phragmos, fence] 1. An inwardly extending process. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In winged forms, an internal plate or invagination of the dorsal wall for the attachment of muscles; phragmatal a; see prephragma, postphragma …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • prephragma — n. [L. prae, before; Gr. phragma, fence] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera, a phragma at the anterior margin of the mesonotum, often small or vestigial; see phragma, postphragma …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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