The mesothorax is the middle of the three segments of the thorax of hexapods, and bears the second pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates)...

Bodianus mesothorax, the split-level hogfish, blackbelt hogfish, black-belt hogfish, coral hogfish, eclipse hogfish, eclipse pigfish, mesothorax hogfish...

or cephalothorax in other arthropods. It is formed by the prothorax, mesothorax and metathorax and comprises the scutellum; the cervix, a membrane that...

front to back) the prothorax, mesothorax and metathorax. The prothorax carries the first pair of legs. The mesothorax carries the second pair of legs...

the thorax itself is composed of three segments; the prothorax, the mesothorax, and the metathorax. In extant insects, the prothorax never has wings...

elytron (wing cover), 5: tibia, 6: tarsus, 7: claws, 8: mouthparts, 9: prothorax, 10: mesothorax, 11: metathorax, 12: abdominal sternites, 13: pygidium....

locate their singing hosts. Diptera have one pair of fore wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, or reduced hind wings, on the metathorax. A further...

: 562–563  The thorax is made of three fused segments, the prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax, each with a pair of legs. The first segment contains...

function of the tegmina. Glossary of entomology terms Insect morphology Mesothorax Metathorax Thorax (insect anatomy) Medved, Victor; Marden, James; Fescemyer...

triangular opaque region at the base of the hindwing in some dragonflies. mesothorax the middle segment of the thorax, between the prothorax and the metathorax...

birds. The term is also used to describe the anterior portion of the mesothorax in insects as well as some arachnids (e.g., the family Ixodidae, the scale...

cockroaches, it forms a shield that covers part of the head and mesothorax.: 22–24  Because the mesothorax and metathorax hold the wings, they have a combined name...

their heads nearly 180°. The mantis thorax consists of a prothorax, a mesothorax, and a metathorax. In all species apart from the genus Mantoida, the prothorax...

trunk, and abdomen. The trunk, or thorax, is divisible into prothorax, mesothorax and metathorax. Each thoracic segment gives rise to a pair of walking...

flattened arms. The pleurite bears a well-developed propleural arm. The mesothorax is larger than the other metasomal segments. The mesonotum consists of...

prothorax, the mesothorax and the metathorax. Each segment contains a pair of legs. On alates, the wings are located at the mesothorax and metathorax...

dorsally into a shield-like disc, which has two transverse ridges. The mesothorax and metathorax are fused into a rigid, box-like structure with internal...

His tibiae fit into a pair of grooves on either side of the female's mesothorax in front of her wing bases. When the male is in a secure position, copulation...

lanternfly found in Peru. The head is red and the prothorax peach. The mesothorax and scutellum are brown. The eyes are red and the tegmen is black to very...

mostly sympatric A. nitida varifrons has denser punctures on the pronotum, mesothorax, and gaster. A. commixta of the Northern Territory, known only from the...

possess a simple tracheal system with a pair of spiracles on both the mesothorax and the metathorax, while proturans in the remaining families lack these...

labium. The thorax consists of three segments – the hindmost two, the mesothorax and metathorax, being fused. Each segment bears a pair of legs which usually...

Members of this family are small and flattened, and often wingless. Mesothorax and metathorax fused in wingless forms. The family contains close to 200...

Image Taxonomy Reef safe Description Max size Coral hogfish Bodianus mesothorax No 20 cm (7.9 in) Cuban hogfish Bodianus pulchellus Caution 28.5 cm (11...

operated in a forwards and backwards motion by huge muscles housed in the mesothorax and metathorax. The larvae of T.balyras have been described by Heiss in...

distinctly 13-segmented, and often indistinctly serrated. The sides of the mesothorax bear long bristles. Sternite 8 of the female is without dentate protuberances...

body) are darker than the mesothorax, and the petiole (narrow waist) is reddish brown and also darker than the mesothorax. The lateral portion of the...

suture followed by a longitudinal rupture to the posterior border of the mesothorax. The head, feet and wings are freed during arching movements of the body...

efficient flight. The metathorax is solidly fused to the pronotum and mesothorax; moreover, the prothorax is best developed in Pompilidae and Scoliidae...

more freely when flying. The remaining thoracic segments are the fused mesothorax and metathorax (together termed the synthorax), each with a pair of wings...