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Definition of Episterna
1. episternum [n] - See also: episternum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Episterna
Literary usage of Episterna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1882)
"... the episterna i*» size and reach the coxal cavity. In the other two sub-families
the ef>imera vary in width but do not reach the coxos, ..."
2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1900)
"For my part I do not find the diversity in the episterna. of the species ...
But however that may be it appears to me that the episterna of the least ..."
3. ... Arrangement of the Families of Mammals. With Analytical Tables by Theodore Gill (1874)
"Front quadrate perpendicular ; head not carinated ; episterna of metathorax wide.
... episterna of metathorax narrow. ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"Pro- sternal episterna rugose on basal declivities EE. Head with a decided lateral
sinuosity between supra-antennal plates and wings of clypeus. ..."
5. Catalogue of the Described Diptera of North America by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken (1862)
"... the anterior pair is called the episterna, and the hind pair the ...
and episterna ; these pieces are distinct, except that rarely the ..."
6. Suggestions for the Sanitary Drainage of Washington City by George Edwin Waring (1883)
"Clytus. Head carinated. Xylotrechus. Front quadrate, perpendicular ; head not
carinated ; episterna of metathorax wide. ..."
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