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mesosoma, alitrunk
The middle of the three major divisions of the insect body.
In most insects, it is the strict equivalent of the thorax; but in the higher hymenoptera, it includes the propodeum (first abdominal segment of hymenopterans, fused to the thorax).
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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