- prosternal furrow
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In many Reduviidae and Phymatidae in the Hemiptera, a cross-striated furrow; stridulation is produced by the rugose apex of the rostrum rubbing over it.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
