‖ epimeron Anat.
(ɛpɪˈmɪərən)
Pl. epimera.
[f. Gr. ἐπί upon + µηρός thigh.]
That part of the lateral wall of a somite of a crustacean which is situated between the articulation of the appendage and the pleuron. Also in Insecta (see quot. 1964).
| [1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 9 The episternum is situated between the epimerum and sternum.] 1872 Nicholson Palæont. 146 The superior arc is completed by two lateral pieces..which are termed the ‘epimera’. 1880 Huxley Cray Fish iv. 143. 1895 J. H. & A. B. Comstock Man. Study of Insects xxi. 502 The first of these [sclerites] is the episternum, the second is the epimeron. 1925 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Ent. i. 23 The pleuron consists of an anterior sclerite or episternum and a posterior sclerite or epimeron. 1964 R. M. & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Ent. ii. 53 The principal pleural sclerites of each segment are the episternum, lying anterior to the legs, and the epimeron, above and behind the leg bases. |