‖ postscutellum Entom.
(-skjuːˈtɛləm)
Also in anglicized form postˈscutel.
[mod.L., f. post- A. 2 + scutellum.]
The fourth (hindmost) piece or sclerite of each of the segments of the thorax in an insect, situated behind the scutellum.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxiii. 380 Postscutellum,..a narrow channel running from the Dorsolum to the Abdomen in Coleoptera, forming an isosceles triangle reversed. 1897 W. F. Kirby in M. Kingsley W. Africa 727 Postscutellum black, with a yellow dot on each side. 1899 G. H. Carpenter Insects i. 21 Four distinct parts placed one behind the other can sometimes be observed; they are known as the præscutum, scutum, scutellum, and postscutellum. |
Hence postscuˈtellar a., of or pertaining to the postscutellum.
| 1890 in Cent. Dict. |