second axillary

second axillary
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
1. A sclerite articulating partly with the preceding sclerite and partly with the base of the radius; submedia.
2. An articulation sclerite of an insect wing along the first axillary that touches the base of the radial vein anteriorly, with a ventral portion of the sclerite set below the wing surface; intra-alare.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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