Definition of Prothorax. Meaning of Prothorax. Synonyms of Prothorax

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Definition of Prothorax

Prothorax
Prothorax Pro*tho"rax, n. [Pref. pro- + thorax.] (Zo["o]l.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera.

Meaning of Prothorax from wikipedia

- The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its prin****l sclerites (exoskeletal...
- completely concealing the sculpture; beak (♂) scarcely longer than the prothorax, thick, distinctly arcuate, compressed basally, finely, closely punctate...
- of three sections named (from front to back) the prothorax, mesothorax and metathorax. The prothorax carries the first pair of legs. The mesothorax carries...
- grooves or pits on their upper surfaces. The head is not wider than the prothorax, or the first segment of the thorax, and is moderately to strongly declined...
- is composed of three segments; the prothorax, the mesothorax, and the metathorax. In extant insects, the prothorax never has wings, though legs are always...
- separated in other insect species, although flexibly articulate from the prothorax. When viewed from below, the thorax is that part from which all three...
- mesosoma is rather high and is mostly shorter than the metasoma, and the prothorax is very short. The scutellum is shorter than the mid lobe of the mesoscutum...
- simple eyes.: 562–563  The thorax is made of three fused segments, the prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax, each with a pair of legs. The first segment...
- mantis thorax consists of a prothorax, a mesothorax, and a metathorax. In all species apart from the genus Mantoida, the prothorax, which bears the head and...
- thorax has three segments: the prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax. The anterior segment, closest to the head, is the prothorax; its major features are the...