postpetiole

English

Etymology

post- +‎ petiole

Noun

postpetiole (plural postpetioles)

  1. (anatomy, entomology) The second segment of the pedicel of some ants.
    • 2015 July 9, “The Pied Piper: A Parasitic Beetle’s Melodies Modulate Ant Behaviours”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      Moreover, the beetle uses a row of scrapers (placed on the proximal abdominal segment) (Fig 1, 1B3 and 1B4 ) rather than the single scraper (placed on the postpetiole, i.e. the third abdominal tergite) used by the ant (Fig 1, 1A3 and 1A4 ).

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