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(entomology) A ventral plate of the thorax lying behind and between the mesocoxal cavities..
The anterior pronotal angles are produced forward, the metaventrite is very short and the hind wings are absent.
Mesocoxal cavities usually subcircular, narrowly to moderately widely separated, usually open laterally but occasionally closed by confluent meso- and metaventrites.
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Metaventrite means (entomology) A ventral plate of the thorax lying behind and between the mesocoxal cavities..
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The anterior pronotal angles are produced forward, the metaventrite is very short and the hind wings are absent.
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