Mesothoracic meaning

The mesothoracic epimera bound the coxal cavities of the intermediate legs.

- This tribe is distinguished from the Malacoderma and allied groups by the mesothoracic epimera not bounding the coxal cavities of the intermediate legs.

9, Mesothoracic.

r and 2, V.) in Hemiptera is large and free, and the mesothoracic scutellum is usually extensive.

The tergal regions of the mesothorax and of the metathorax are hidden under the pronotum and the elytra when the latter are closed, except that the mesothoracic scutellum is of ten visible - a small triangular or semicircular plate between the bases of the elytra (fig.