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Metapleuron

Description:

(plural: metapleura). The pleuron (= pleurite; = lateral sclerite) of the metathorax, located posteriorly on the side of the alitrunk, below the level of the propodeum. In most ants, the metapleuron bears the metapleural gland.

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