HAO Portal

Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology Portal wasps

"cercus" is tied to multiple concepts in the ontology, please choose one.

The sense organ that located apicolaterally on one of the apicalmost abdominal terga and attaches to a large nerve cord.
The setiferous patch that is one of a pair of patches located posteriorly of the anterior margin of abdominal tergum 9.

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