metaphragma

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ phragma.

Noun

metaphragma (plural metaphragmata)

1. The hindmost phragma of the thorax in an insect
   • 2015 October 15, “Evolution of Metapostnotum in Flat Wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae): Implications for Homology Assessments in Chrysidoidea”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Thus, in the basal groups of Hymenoptera the metaphragma can vary from absent to well developed.