subspiracular area

Culicidae Classification

Culicidae Classification (2)

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Submitted by Ralph Harbach on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 23:16

The rather indefinite area of the anterior mesanepisternum lying below the hypostigmal area between the proepimeron and the postspiracular area, usually continuous with or connected to the postspiracular area ventrally; scales and rarely setae may be on this area.

accessory sclerite, epimeron 1, epi-merum, pleuron of meso-thorax (in part)