- tympanal ridge
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In some Diptera, a rib-like sclerite forked anteriorly, forming a single or double Y that encloses the tympanic pit.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
tympanal ridge
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