third axillary

third axillary
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
A Y-shaped sclerite of the wing, with a flexor muscle inserted into the crotch of the Y and usually articulating with the posterior notal process and a group of anal veins.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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