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hypopleural

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Etymology

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From hypopleuron +‎ -al.

Adjective

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hypopleural (not comparable)

  1. (entomology) Of or pertaining to the hypopleuron.
    • 1926, John Merton Aldrich, “Notes on Muscoid Flies with Retracted Hind Crossvein, with Key and Several New Genera and Species”, in Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 52, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 7–28:
      The key does not include any species without hypopleural bristles.