proepimeronn.
/ˌprəʊɛpᵻˈmɪərɒn/, U.S. /ˌproʊɛpəˈmɪrˌɑn/ Entomology.
The epimeron of the prothorax of an insect.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Proëpimeron, the epimeron of the prothorax; the epimeral sclerite of the propleuron.
1907 J. B. Smith & J. A. Grossbeck in Entomol. News 18 Pl. IV (caption) Proepimeron.
1918 Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 11 231 Smith and Grossbeck, 1907,..have apparently misinterpreted the parts of the prothorax and the mesothorax... They have called the mesothoracic anepisternum (aes2) the proepimeron.
1987 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 232 326 The hairs of the lateral hairplate..lie in a row parallel to the cuticular spur formed at the junction of the proepisternum and proepimeron, a small segment located ventral to the ventral tip of the pronotum.
2000 R. H. Arnett & M. C. Thomas Amer. Beetles I. 43/1 Key to the Nearctic Genera of Cychrini. 1. Suture between proepisternum and proepimeron present, at least in medial half of pleuron.
Derivatives
proepiˈmeral adj.
ΚΠ
1890 Cent. Dict. Proëpimeral, of or pertaining to the proëpimeron.
1968 Jrnl. Invertebr. Pathol. 10 185 The opening of the mycetangium is the same as the proepimeral excavation.
1996 Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 33 19 (caption) Siphona-group, with small upcurved lower proepimeral seta.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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