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On the Use of the Term “Suture” in Entomology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. Melville DuPorte
E. Melville DuPorte
Affiliation:
Macdonald College, McGill University
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Any continuous or undivided sclerotized plate of the exoskeleton is known as a sclerite and when two sclerites are contiguous the line of junction or demarcation is commonly known as a suture. Sutures in this accepted sense are of three kinds. The most common is a depressed line at the bottom of a shallow furrow or sulcus which marks the position of an internal strengthening ridge. The ridge may be formed in tnro ways.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 94 , Issue 7 , July 1962 , pp. 735 - 736
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1962

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