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n. [L. ante, before; Gr. pro, before; notos, back](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In Diptera, the anterior division of the pronotum.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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patagium — n.; pl. patagia [L. patagium, border] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. In Lepidoptera, a pair of articulated, thin, lobelike erectile expansions (overlapping plates) of the prothorax. 2. For Culicidae, see antepronotum … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
