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Definition of Pronotal
1. pertaining to the pronotum [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pronotal
Literary usage of Pronotal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tettigidae of North America by Joseph Lane Hancock (1902)
"pronotal CHANGES. As each molt proceeds, the pronotum, which in the beginning
only just covers the metanotum, gradually develops, and during the last or ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1895)
"Mandibles short, not reaching ends of anterior coxa e ; spines in pronotal comb,
14 to 26. Group 1. Mandibles long, reaching to or beyond ends of anterior ..."
3. Determinate Evolution in the Color-pattern of the Lady-beetles by Roswell Hill Johnson (1910)
"The sexual difference alleged to exist in the pronotal pattern, though noticeable,
is much less than indicated by Mulsant and Dimmock. 3064. ..."
4. The Fauna of a Medial Tertiary Formation and the Associated Horizons of by Roy Ernest Dickerson, William Stephen Webster Kew (1917)
"pronotal hood about as in ... Scutellum shorter and broader than in spinosa, the
elevated margins continued nearly across the pronotal disk. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1905)
"The pronotal hood, which entirely covers the head, is of moderate size, with the
posterior part not very elevated ; it is about as long as the triangular ..."
6. An Investigation of Evolution in Chrysomelid Beetles of the Genus Leptinotarsa by William Lawrence Tower (1906)
"Upon the anterior thoracic tergum or pronotum, however, there appear in the larvae
the anterior and posterior pronotal bands (text-figs. ..."
7. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"Size medium or large, rarely much less than one inch in length, usually more;
pronotal disk not marked as above; last ventral segment of the abdomen of the ..."
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