- mesanapleural suture
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In Diptera, a suture between the mesanepisternum and the meskatepisternum.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
mesanepisternum — n. [Gr. mesos, middle; ana, up; epi, on; sternon, chest] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. In Diptera, the upper area of the mesepisternum separated from the meskatepisternum by the mesanapleural suture; sometimes divided into anterior and posterior by… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology