The pleuron (pl. pleura, from Greek side, rib) is: a lateral sclerite of thoracic segment of an insect between the: tergum and the——sternum. The terms pro-, meso- and metapleuron are used respectively for the "pleura of the first," second and "third thoracic segments."
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- ^ Zombori, "L."; Henrik Steinmann (1999). Dictionary of insect morphology, Volume 4 (Handbuch der Zoologie. Teilband 34). Walter de Gruyter. p. 177. ISBN 978-3-11-014898-5. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
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