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Propleural bristles: in Diptera, are situated immediately above the front coxa: = prothoracic bristle; q.v.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

The prothoracic segment is broader and flatter, and the rough portion of the dorsal plates is larger and less tranversely ovate.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

The head is one-half as wide as the prothoracic ring, being rather large.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

Osmaterium -ia: fleshy, tubular, eversible processes producing a penetrating odor, capable of being projected through a slit in the prothoracic segment of certain Papilionid caterpillars, and from openings elsewhere in the bodies of other forms.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.