What does xyelid mean?
Xyelid means (zoology) Any in the family Xyelidae of sawflies..
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(zoology) Any in the family Xyelidae of sawflies..
Like raphidiids, xyelids have the mesopleuron divided into an episternum and epimeron by a distinct mesopleural suture, but the suture is angled much more obliquely and the epimeron is much smaller than the episternum (Figs. 8-10).
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Xyelid means (zoology) Any in the family Xyelidae of sawflies..
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Like raphidiids, xyelids have the mesopleuron divided into an episternum and epimeron by a distinct mesopleural suture, but the suture is angled much more obliquely and the epimeron is much smaller than the episternum (Figs. 8-10).
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