mesosoma


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mesosoma

[¦me·zō′sō·mə]
(invertebrate zoology)
The anterior portion of the abdomen in certain arthropods.
The middle of the body of some invertebrates, especially when the phylogenetic segmentation pattern cannot be determined.
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Coloration: Head and mesosoma dark shining red; gaster black.
FIRST RECORDS OF TWO SPECIES OF GENUS MESSOR FOREL, 1890 (FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) ALONG WITH TROPHIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH APHIDS FROM POTHWAR REGION OF PAKISTAN
Mesosoma narrower than head width; mesoscutum 1.4x wider than long, 3.6x longer than mesoscutellum, 6.3x longer than metanotum; protibial spur with apical portion of rachis with a row of about 10 elongate branches (not including apical portion of rachis).
Una especie nueva de Andinopanurgus (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) de las grandes alturas del sur de Peru
Sides and venter of mesosoma, coxae and often femora, mostly black ...
Claves taxonomicas para las especies de avispas eusociales de Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)
female (holotype): 12, mesosoma and metasoma; 13, fore and hind wings.
Complex of primary and secondary parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae and Signiphoridae) of Hypogeococcus spp. mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the New World
graeffei se diferencia por la coloracion totalmente negra del integumento de cabeza y mesosoma en T fraissei y T graeffei.
Una especie nueva de Trigonisca y nuevos registros de abejas sin aguijon para la Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae)/A new species of Trigonisca and new records of stingless bees for Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Body length: 2.06 to 2.83 mm; forewing length: 2.3 to 2.98 mm; face 1.39 to 1.47 times wider than longer; antenna 23 to 27 flagellomeres, the number of flagellomeres may vary between the antenna in the same individual; mandible 1,78 to 2.08 times longer than its apical width; mesosoma 1.24 to 1.4 times longer than higher; mid pit small and subcircular (Figure 3b), small and circular (Figure 3c) or elongated (Figure 3d); scutellar groove 2.25 to 2.5 times longer than its width; hind femur 4.9 to 5.3 times longer than wider; forewing: stigma 9.2 to 10 times longer than wider, length of the r vein smaller or not exceeding the stigma width; 3RSa vein 1.05 to 1.2 times longer than 2RS vein; 3RSb 3.14 to 3.47 times longer than 3Rsa; ovipositor 0.8 to 1.05 times longer than mesosoma.
A new species of Tanycarpa Forster (1862) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Alysiinae) from Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Uma nova especie de Tanycarpa Forster (1862) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) do Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Mesosoma: presencia de marcas negras en el margen interno del femur anterior y de infuscaciones oscuras basal en los femures medios.
Diversidad de la subfamilia campopleginae--ichneumonidae (hymenoptera) en la cuenca del rio Canete--Lunahuana, Peru
Cabeza con reticulacion uniforme al igual que el dorso del mesosoma. Gaster con el primer segmento liso, el resto con reticulacion (Protasov et al., 2007a).
Primera cita de la Argentina de Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) y su parasitoide, Closterocerus chamaeleon (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Head from above 1.65 x as wide as long, hardly noticeably wider than mesosoma, rather dull reticulate-coriaceous, frons slightly smoother in lower half.
New species and new records of Platygastrinae and Sceliotrachelinae from Togo (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
Scape dark black; T1 attached broadly to mesosoma; a tooth shaped structure present at the distal end of hind femur (Fig.
New Records and a Key to the Species of Genus Hockeria Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
--Erect hairs on scape short (0.07-0.10 mm), scape reaching or nearly reaching posterior lateral corner of head (SI 82.22-87.17); moderately short erect golden hairs on mesosoma (most over 0.06 mm, few over 0.25 mm in length), but longer (most over 0.25 mm) suberect hairs on petiole and postpetiole (0.25 mm); clypeal medial area not forming carina (smooth and rounded); mandibular index (55.10-55.55) ...
A new species of Afrotropical ants in the genus Bothroponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)
This male appears to have a masculinized mesosoma and metasoma, but a feminized head.
Melittostylops (strepsiptera: stylopidae): a genus of twisted wing insects new to Texas with notes on stylopization of its host

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