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‖ postscutellum Entom.|-skjuːˈtɛləm|
Also in anglicized form postˈscutel.
[mod.L., f. post- A. 2 + scutellum.]
The fourth (hindmost) piece or sclerite of each of the segments of the thorax in an insect, situated behind the scutellum.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 380 Postscutellum,..a narrow channel running from the Dorsolum to the Abdomen in Coleoptera, forming an isosceles triangle reversed. 1897W. F. Kirby in M. Kingsley W. Africa 727 Postscutellum black, with a yellow dot on each side. 1899G. H. Carpenter Insects i. 21 Four distinct parts placed one behind the other can sometimes be observed; they are known as the præscutum, scutum, scutellum, and postscutellum.
Hence postscuˈtellar a., of or pertaining to the postscutellum.
1890in Cent. Dict. |