thorax [FBbt_00000015]
The main middle section of the insect body comprising three thoracic rings: the pro-, the meso- and the metathoraces which are more or less well fused and cask-like sometimes having on the upper lateral part one of two pairs of wings, while on the ventrolateral part each thoracic ring bears a pair of legs.
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"The main middle section of the insect body comprising three thoracic rings: the pro-, the meso- and the metathoraces which are more or less well fused and cask-like sometimes having on the upper lateral part one of two pairs of wings, while on the ventrolateral part each thoracic ring bears a pair of legs."
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"label": "Zombori and Steinmann, 1999, Handbuch der Zoologie IV. Band: Arthropoda, 2. Halfte: Insecta, Teil: 34.: 405pp"
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