pronotum
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editpronotum (plural pronota)
- The dorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
- 2013, Adam Slipinski, Australian Beetles Volume 1: Morphology, Classification and Keys[1]:
- Phycosecids are small, ovate, convex beetles with a prognathous head, partly covered by a semicircular projection of the pronotum and a dorsal vestiture of whitish scales or scalelike setae.
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editdorsal plate of the prothorax in insects
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