postfrontal suture

postfrontal suture
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Facial sutures present occurring above the lateral ocelli and extending laterad of the antennal bases. postfurca n. [L. post, after; furca, fork]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
The forked sternal process or apodeme of the metathorax.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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