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The metascutellar arm is a area.
Macroxyela ferruginea Say, 1824
metascutellar arm by Vilhelmsen, L. B. 2000. Before the wasp-waist: Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic implications of the skeleto-musculature of the thoraco-abdominal boundary region in basal Hymenoptera (Insecta) . Zoomorphology [was Zeitschrift für Morphologie der Tiere] 119:185-221.
metascutellar arm by Miko, I. 2009. -2019 Curator. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
posterior bar of metascutellum by Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.
alternative definition added over 12 years ago by Kelly Dew
The raised bar, running along the posterior margin of the metanotum, posterior to the metascutellar trough.
Reference: Karlsson, D., and F. Ronquist. 2012. Skeletal Morphology of Opius dissitus and Biosteres carbonarius, with a Discussion of Terminology and Morphological Variation in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). PLoS ONE 7:1-38.
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