visceral trachea

visceral trachea
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
The median segmental trachea beginning at a spiracle and branching to the alimentary canal, fat tissue, and reproductive organs.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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