- The
mesosoma is the
middle part of the body, or tagma, of
arthropods whose body is
composed of
three parts, the
other two
being the
prosoma and the metasoma...
- and spurs. The
mesosoma or
preabdomen is the
broad part of the opisthosoma. In the
early stages of
embryonic development the
mesosoma consist of eight...
- head,
mesosoma, and
metasoma are the
three distinct body
segments (formally tagmata). The
petiole forms a
narrow waist between their mesosoma (thorax...
- body is very compact, and its
length can
range from 0.16 to 0.3 mm. The
mesosoma is
rather high and is
mostly shorter than the metasoma, and the prothorax...
-
propodeum make up the
mesosoma. The
antennae are
straight and
consist of two or
three segments. In many varieties, the
backside of the
mesosoma appears longitudinally...
-
thorax is
composed of four segments, and is
therefore typically called the
mesosoma to
distinguish it from the "thorax" of
other insects. Each
thoracic segment...
- is
covered by a
carapace (a
large plate). The
prosoma is
followed by a
mesosoma (the
broad portion of the abdomen-like opisthosoma),
which has
seven segments...
-
exoskeleton which protects their three main body parts, the head, the
mesosoma (including the
thorax and the
first segment of the abdomen) and the metasoma...
-
border by a
distance of at
least the
antennal scape's
maximum diameter. The
mesosoma in
profile usually forms a
continuous curve from the
pronotum through to...
- body is
composed of
three parts, the
other two
being the
prosoma and the
mesosoma. In insects, it
contains most of the
digestive tract,
respiratory system...
