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see propodeum, metapodeon.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
podeon
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podeon — po·de·on … English syllables
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metapodeon — n. [Gr. meta, after; podeon, neck] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) That part of an abdomen behind the podeon or petiole … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
propodeum — n. [Gr. pro, before; podeon, neck] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. In apocrite Hymenoptera the fused first abdominal segment; median segment; propodeon also used; see alitrunk. 2. For Formicidae, a synonym for epinotum … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
