sternacostal

sternacostal
suture (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
The external suture of the thoracic sternum through the apophyseal pits separating the basisternum from the sternellum.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • basisternum — n. [L. basis, base; sternum, breastbone] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) That part of a thoracic sternum anterior to the sternacostal suture and/or the sternal apophyses; sternannum; antesternite; see furcasternum …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • sternellum — n. [Gr. dim. sternon, chest] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A part of the eusternum posterior to the sternacostal suture …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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