- pleural wing process
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)1. The dorsal margin of the pleural ridge that articulates with the second axillary sclerite in the wing base.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
pleural wing process
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